32 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



dure no greater torture than that resulting from an uneven 

 hand. This is known to every hack-cabman : — every hack- 

 cabman has hourly experience that a job in the mouth will 

 compel his jaded slave into a trot, when the solicitations of 

 the whip have been long unanswered; and I recollect one 

 of the greatest proficients I know, both in the theory and 

 practice of horsemanship, who, to train his sister and wife to 

 this perfect evenness of hand, used to make them draw up a 

 window curtain with bells attached to the lower part, so that 

 notice was given of the least jerk or uneven feeling. 



To keep the horse, when in movement, to a collected pace, the 

 opposite indications of urging and retaining him must be con- 

 tinued. This working together of the hands and legs, and the 

 power of collecting the horse, are also most essential in turning; 

 a horse should never be turned without being made to collect 

 himself; without being retained by the hands, and urged by 

 the legs, as well as guided by both ; that is, in turning to the 

 right, both hands should retain him, and the right hand guide 



