XXVI. 

 What is Meant by the Aids? Tlio dids arc the dilTrn-nt 

 means employed by the rider lo convey his d. -sires or iiiteu- 

 tions to the horse. 



Into What Classes are they Divided? The aids may he di- 

 vided mto natural and artificial. The natural aids arc tlie 

 hands and legs; the artificial aids are: tlie spur, the whip, 

 the voice, the pat, the longe, the longeing whip and the 

 padded posts.* 



The hands are called the upper aids and the legH, the 

 lotver aids. Some horsemen make use of the terms priuri- 

 pal and supplementary to designate the natural and artifi- 

 cial aids respectively. 



From the standpoint of the execution of a movement 

 the aids are classed as decisive and controlliiH/. 



The former are indispensable to the execution of the 

 movement and have a dominating action; the latter are 

 merely useful, and participate only in setting the horse to 

 advantage and in making the movement regular. 



A final division into lateral and diagonal aids results 

 from the manner in which the aids are comhin<'d. In the 

 first case, the rider uses simultaneously the rein and the leg 

 on the same side; in the second case, he uses the rein on 

 (me side and the leg on the opposite side. 



Function of the Hands. It is the business of the hands, 

 through the medium of the reins, to communicate to the 

 horse his rider's will, to regulate tlie horse's gaits, tn li:ilt 

 him and to back him. 



Their principal function is the control of the ionhand. 

 the impulse having been given previously by tin* legs. 



* Les Piliers are two padded post« to which the hor^e in 

 fastened by a harness for instruction in the high seliool 

 "piaffer" and in the different plunges and kickh of ihe 

 ''sauteur". 



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