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CHAPTER VI.— DIFFICULT HORSES. 



The vices and resistances that are found in saddle- 

 horses are usually the results of bad ' breaking ' or 

 of Indifferent riding, and they can be corrected 

 only by some such careful training as is described 

 in the second part of this work. But I have 

 thought that some advice regarding the manage- 

 ment of difficult horses might be of service to the 

 reader. 



In riding difficult horses the double bridle 

 should be employed, so that the effects of 

 either snaffle or curb bit can be had ; and I 

 think that the best manner of holdine the 

 reins is as follows : — The reins in the left hand ; 

 the left curb rein outside the little finger, the 

 left snaffle rein between the little finger and the 

 rino- fino-er, the ri^ht snaffle rein between the rin^r 

 finger and the long finger, the right curb rein 

 between the long finger and the index finger, the 

 loose ends of the reins carried through the hand 

 and held firmly by the thumb. The right hand 



