34 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



the right rein only. The horse's head should not be pulled 

 farther round than to allow the rider to see the right eye. 

 The legs, and particularly the left leg, should then urge the 

 horse to follow the guiding rein. Precisely the same indications, 

 namely, an increased retention of both reins, the right the 

 strongest, and an increased pressure of both legs, the left the 

 strongest, but differently modified, are used to start a horse in a 

 canter with the right leg; also, as has been stated, to make him 

 passage, that is, to cross his legs, and go sideways to the right. 

 But in making a horse canter with his right leg, the over indi- 

 cation of the right rein should be so trifling, as only to develop 

 his right nostriL The over indication of the left leg should 

 also be very trifling, or his haunches will be cast to the right, 

 and they will not follow his shoulders truly. The weight of 

 the rider should not lean to either side, but incline the least 

 in the world forward at starting, and be instantly replaced 

 when off. In indicating the passage to the right, the horse 

 must be more strongly retained with both hands. The 



