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his neck either way so as to look full to his 

 rear, and champs the bit the moment he feels 

 it turned in his mouth. Then mount him, 

 divide the reins, collect him at the halt, and 

 try to bend him in the same manner by a 

 steady feeling first of one rein and then of the 

 other. 



When your horse bends sideways quite 

 freely at the pressure of the inward rein upon 

 his bit, endeavour to make him do so by the 

 pressure of the outward rein upon his neck. 

 First get him perfectly collected at the halt 

 with the reins divided, and then endeavour to 

 keep him so by feeling his mouth with the left 

 (or right) hand so that you can just see his 

 nostril on tha': side, while you slightly relax 

 the right (or left) rein. When you succeed 

 in this, raise the right (or left) .hand and 

 carry it across you until the right (or left) rein 

 presses against the side of the horse's neck. 

 And when he bends sideways in this manner 

 as freely as in the former, take the reins in 

 one hand and try to make him bend sideways 

 by simply carrying your bridle hand first to 

 one side and then to the other. 



When you find, as with tact and patience 



