DOUBLE-REIN OR DRIVING METHOD 69 



will be away from the trainer and not on to 

 him ; this is easily prevented by the rein. 



As far as I can, I have in the above 

 remarks touched on any distinctive features 

 of the single-rein method, and will now go 

 on with the double-rein or driving method. 

 For this way two light ropes or reins are 

 attached, as in ordinary driving, to the rings 

 of the snaffle, and carried back through a 

 " D " on either side of the surcingle, each 

 " D " being well down the horse's ribs to give 

 greater power, and not on top of the back. 



The trainer then takes a rein in each hand 

 — he must be careful on no account to join 

 the loose ends — and, walking as close behind 

 the horse as safety permits, he drives the 

 horse towards the fence it is to jump. The 

 loose ends of the reins are allowed to trail 

 on the ground ; the reins should be of suffi- 

 cient length to avoid pulling up the horse 

 immediately he lands. On arrival at the 

 obstacle, when the horse jumps the trainer 

 allows both reins to run through his hands 

 until the horse is well into the next field, 

 and then, by gradually putting pressure on 

 one rein only, brings the horse round in a 

 circle and stops him. Should a horse at any 

 time fight or try to bolt, by dropping one 

 rein and keeping tight hold of the other, he 

 can be brought round in a circle, and kept in 

 it until he becomes amenable again. 



