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the pace slackens, or if a position indicated by the 

 rider's legs is abandoned, then a light touch of the 

 spurs is required. 



The legs should fall naturally and should no longer 

 touch the horse, except when absolutely necessary — as 

 seldom as possible in fact. After having required by 

 the hand alone, certain movements, it is necessary, as 

 the action of the hand always brings the horse back 

 on to his hocks, in order to prevent the horse from 

 getting behind the hand, to touch him lightly with 

 both spurs at the same time. 



The principle " Legs without hands and hands 

 without legs" ought to be adhered to as much as 

 possible, especially during the early part of training. 

 It must not, however, be made a system, otherwise 

 failure is certain. One should confine oneself to 

 putting it in practice so long as there is no serious 

 reason to depart from it, but there comes a moment in 

 the training, and later on in the handling of a trained 

 horse, when it is necessary, on the contrary, to combine 

 the effects of the lower aids with those of the upper 

 ones, legs and hands. Thus, when a horse already well 

 advanced in his training does not balance himself at a 

 gentle hint from the hand, one should have recourse to 

 gentle pressure of the calves, and then if the lower jaw 

 does not mobilize itself immediately, follow up with a 

 light touch of the spurs, the prick teaching the horse 

 that he must obey the leg. In the same way, when 

 one wishes to stop a horse in the different paces, by 

 the hand alone, it is necessary that the horse should 

 first be light in hand and balanced. If the lower jaw 

 resists the action of the bit, close the legs gently, and 

 if the horse does not balance himself immediately, 

 then give a light touch with the spurs before demand- 

 ing the stop. It is thus that we make a horse really 



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