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CHAPTER IX.— IN THE DOUBLE-REINED 

 BRIDLE. 



'IN HAND' IN PIACE AND IN ACTION-' THE UNION'— 

 'THE POISE,' OR HALF-HALT— THE HALT— THE 

 WALK— THE TROT— INDIRECT INDICATIONS OF THE 

 CURB REINS. 



The foundations of the education of the horse 

 having been laid by the work in the snaffle bridle, 

 it is time to put on the double-reined bridle, and 

 by carefully conducted lessons to make the horse 

 so supple and submissive throughout every part 

 that the mass will be under the immediate and 

 exact control of the rider. xA.ll of these applica- 

 tions of the aids are founded upon the idea that 

 by cultivating the instinctive muscular actions that 

 follow their tcse we obtain obedience to the rider s 

 dei7iand instinctively. The horse so trained does 

 not know how to refuse obedience, and no aid is 

 ever employed without a certain object in view, 

 and without the certainty of producing the desired 

 effect. The advantage of such a course over the 

 thoughtless and severe use of whip and spur that 

 is too often made bv horse-breakers should be 



