Don't yank upon 3^0111- horse's mouth. 



Keep your hands low and your wrists supple. 



Don't stick your knees up in the air. 



Grip with your knees and the calf of your leg. 



Let your stirrups out (for most men). 



Carry your legs back. 



Don't let your reins flop. 



Don't hollow out your back. 



Don't let your horse back up (unless the movement 

 is a retrograde one). 



Drive him forward. 



Don't let him bend his neck at the shoulder. 



Use your leg (or legs). 



Don't be rough with your horse. 



New horses sent to a post should be turned over to 

 one competent officer with assistants, if necessary, for 



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training. If necessary to assign them to troops to assure 

 proper care and grooming, orders should be given that 

 they be exercised only by direction of the officer in 

 charge. Enlisted men specially suited for training horses 

 should be detailed under the above-named officer's di- 



