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to the left than to the right ; just as we may see 

 done any day on Newmarket Heath, opposite the 

 railway station. The injurious effects of such a 

 practice are self-evident. I shall describe, further 

 on, a method of circling a horse — the breaker being 

 on foot — by which the animal is made to move in a 

 thoroughly "balanced" manner, and by which his 

 mouth can be *' formed " at the same time. I am 

 confident that all good horsemen to whom it is new, 

 will, on seeing how it is done, adopt it unreservedly. 

 I am aware that the practice of lunging is discredited 

 by many good breakers who are unacquainted with 

 the method of circling which I have introduced. 



Good hands. — -The term ''Good hands" signifies 

 the ability of taking a pull at the rein — supposing 

 it be required — when the horse's head is in the 

 proper position for the mouth-piece to act on the 

 ''bars" of the animal's mouth; and of slackening 

 them when the horse attempts to escape the 

 pressure by bringing his head into a wrong position, 



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