52 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



then in every direction, one rein of the snaf- 

 fle in each hand. At the end of four days 

 (eight lessons), he may be made to take the 

 curb rein in his left hand. The right hand, 

 which is now free, must be held along-side 

 of the left, that he may early get the habit 

 of sitting square (with his shoulders on a 

 level) ; the horse will trot equally to the 

 right and to the left. When the seat is 

 firmly settled at all the different paces, the 

 instructor will explain simply, the connec- 

 tion between the wrists and the legs, as well 

 as their separate effects. 



Education of the horse. — Here the rider 

 will commence the horse's education, by fol- 

 lowing the progression I have pointed out, 

 and which will be found farther on. The 

 pupil will be made to understand all that 

 there is rational in it, and what an intimate 

 connection exists between the education of 

 the man and that of the horse. 



