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handed rider has on some occasion made 

 his horse rear, he finds that when the 

 horse is forced to yield to the hand he 

 becomes light in front, and the theory 

 we support is in that case proved. 



We have seen that by overcoming the 

 resistances of the fore-hand we can lio^hten 

 that part without violence, and when we 

 come to the lesson upon the gallop the 

 same principles will be applied to make 

 the horse lead with either leg. For if the 

 fore-hand is made light by the proper 

 action of the bit, that side will be made 

 the lighter upon which the action is the 

 more strongly defined ; so that to make 

 him lead ofi" w4th the right leg we shall 

 raise that side with the right rein, and 

 the horse will move ofi* with his head in 

 the proper position. 



