HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP. 41 



start at, if seen. Should the object which the horse is expected 

 to shy at, be on the right ; the right hand must take the place 

 of the left, at the centre of the reins, and the left hand must be 

 pressed on the left rein, about a foot below the right hand. 

 When the right hand holds the reins in the centre, the horse 

 is turned to the right by feeling the tip of the fourth finger of 

 the right hand towards your right shoulder. This indication 

 must also be given when he shies to the left. He is turned 

 to the left by feeling the tip of the first finger towards your 

 left shoulder. The same indication if he shies to the right. 

 In making these indications, the greatest care must be taken 

 to keep the hand exactly opposite the centre of the body, 

 and not to pass it to the right or left, which would shorten 

 the wrong rein, across the neck of the horse ; but in these 

 cases the vacant hand may be pressed on the guiding rein 

 as before directed, particularly by gentlemen, who have a leg 

 on each side to urge the horse with. 



If it be desired to make the horse walk in a collected form, 



