68 HOW TO RIDE 



horse should be encouraged, so that he 

 may know that his effort has met with 

 approval 



This change of position will throw 

 him out of line, his off fore-leg being 

 too far in rear. By a tap of the whip 

 upon the under side of the off fore-arm 

 he will be brought straight, and the 

 trainer should again show his satisfaction 

 by a kind word or a touch of the hand. 

 Let these proceedings be continued until 

 the horse steps off promptly ; but he 

 should not, at first, take more than one 

 step at a time, and must never be per- 

 mitted to volunteer a movement. After 

 each change of position he is to be put 

 straight, and he will be kept collected by 

 the hand and the whip. 



The same means, right and k-ft being 



