ANGLO-FRENCH HORSEMANSHIP 



in all other paces the horse should be stimulated 

 into throwing himself heartily into his work. 

 The rider should feel lots of energy under 

 him. 



In the canter, the rider should support the 

 horse with the legs, and close his fingers on the 

 reins each time the leading fore foot comes to 

 the ground, and then ease, so that the horse 

 can spring, the height of the hands regulating 

 the pace. In the canter the rider should keep 

 his chin up and the shoulders back and sit close 

 to his saddle the whole time so as to keep 

 his weight off the horse's forehand. When 

 cantering on the right leg the right curb rein is 

 the balancing rein, and should be held rather 

 shorter and firmer than the left rein, the hand 

 being carried slightly to the left, with an upward 

 tension on the reins so as to place the horse's 

 nose over the leading leg. If the rider has 

 difficulty in getting his horse to start off, say, 

 with the right leg, he can close his fingers on 



a rein across the horse's neck is to carry his weight on to 

 the diagonal hind leg or opposite fore leg, accordingly as it 

 touches the neck with a backward tension just in front of 

 the withers, or with an upward tension in its centre \ and so 

 enables him to pivot round on the hind leg or cross one fore 

 leg over the other in side movements or to lead off in the 

 canter with the fore leg from which the weight is removed. 



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