The Voice and the Whip 115 



often make him jump straight. To punish a horse 

 is by no means easy, and will often betray the 

 amateur ; the whip must be held as the Haute Ecole 

 riders of the eighteenth century held it — in the full 

 of the hand and point uppermost — and the rider 

 must avoid moving in the saddle when he strikes. 

 As in the ordinary way it is carried point down- 

 wards, both the rider's hands should be well 

 practised in getting it up from that position, which 

 Is done by a manipulation of the fingers. 



The riding whip, or preferably a thick smooth 

 cane, is very useful in educating a horse, for teach- 

 ing him to bend, turn and change at a canter, and 

 stand still in a collected manner. The subject will 

 be referred to again in the sections on horse-training. 



The cane is better than a cutting-whip, as it is 

 shorter, hits a horse in the right place — the side — 

 and does not alarm him by making a swishing noise 

 in the air. 



