LONG REIN DRIVING. 



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LONG REIN DRIVING. 



The quickest method of making a pony handy, is 

 with the "long reins" (Figs. 50 and 51). A perfect 

 horseman may dispense with their use ; but I woukl 

 recommend a few lessons with them in all cases. If 

 the long reins, which are about twenty-two feet in 

 length and are attached to the rings of the snaffle, are 



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Fig. 51. — Circling with long reins. 



[M. H. Haye= 



used three or four times on a pony which has never 

 been ridden, it is long odds that by the end of that 

 time he will be so quiet and tractable that he may be 

 ridden without any risk. Their use, and that of the 

 rope twitch, are fully described in I litest rated Horse- 

 Bj^eaking. 



Our object with the long reins is to make the pony 

 handy, and to prepare him to obey the indications of 

 rein and leg. By this method of mouthing, we are 



