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Then the rein on each side should be pressed very 

 gently and the pressure should be relaxed the 

 instant the horse steps back. 



I have given the reader some idea of the 

 various movements which seem to me likely to 

 be useful to all horsemen, but it is naturally im- 

 possible to enter fully into the subject, and I 

 would refer him to the extensive literature there 

 is on the subject, some of the most important of 

 which will be found included in the Bibliography. 

 But it is to the school he must go and not to books 

 if he would become an adept. 



And before closing this chapter I would im- 

 press upon him the wisdom there is in the old 

 Riding School maxim, '' Made horses never made 

 hands.'' Let a man, who would be a horseman, 

 as soon as he is capable, train two or three horses 

 himself. Nay, I would say more, let him, if he 

 can find the time, ' make ' all his own horses. 

 He may take it from the writer, who speaks from 

 a pretty wide experience, that there is most 

 pleasure and satisfaction in riding a horse you 

 have trained yourself. 



