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eventually the movements become nearly imperceptible. 

 Horse-breakers and jockeys sway their hands to the 

 right and the left perpetually ; and the latter ivill roll 

 them round and round like jyersons in the act of grinding ; 

 but all these habits are the result of defective training, 

 engendered by ignorance, and perpetuated through 

 bad example and want of reflection. 



To feel the horse's mouth in any movement to the 

 right, as in an inclination to the right, a turn to 

 the right, or a turn to the right-about, the extra 

 bearing is made upon the right rein, by turning up 

 the little finger of the right hand towards the left 

 shoulder. To feel the horse's mouth in any movement 

 to the left, as in an inclination to the left, a turn 

 to the left, or a turn to the left-about, the extra bearing 

 is made upon the left rein, by turning up the little 

 finger of the left hand towards the right shoulder. 

 To rein straight backwards, the bearing upon both 

 reins must be equal, by the turning up of the little 

 fingers towards the breast. 



When the reins are held in each hand, there is 

 not so much necessity to turn up the little finger 

 to either shoulder in particvilar, because in whichever 

 direction the hand may move from the mouth, an extra 



