3O ROAD, PARK, AND SCHOOL 



hand then brings back the forces of the forehand, 

 and governs the speed and the action. 



When, in any pace, the hand gives the horse 

 liberty as the rider's legs are pressed against its 

 sides, the speed will be increased, as the strides 

 will then be made with greater vigour; but the 

 further the legs of the horse are carried under the 

 mass, the greater will be the power of the hand ; so 

 that it will be seen that the legs of the rider must 

 aid the hand in every movement, and that the rider's 

 legs must prepare the horse to answer the hand. 

 ' This was sometime a paradox/ but, until those who 

 dispute it show the same control over horses as 

 those who practise it, we must be permitted to 

 recommend the combined use of the aids. 



