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fingers of the right hand through the reins so that 

 the first finger divides the curb reins, the third 

 finger divides the snaffle reins. This is a very 

 rapid method, but it will be seen that the position of 

 the fingers with regard to the reins are changed, and 

 the hand has not nearly so much power. To transfer 

 them back to the left : the left hand is passed in 



Shifting the Reins. 



front of the right, and the fingers are dropped 

 through the reins, so that they are held in the left 

 hand as at first. 



In riding in the double bridle, the two reins of 

 the same side should never have an equal tension. 

 That is, if the curb rein is acting, the snaffle rein 

 should be loose, and vice versa. If, then, in riding 



