RIDING AND TRAINING. 79 



CHAPTER VL RIDING IN THE SNAFFLE. 

 THE WALK THE TROT. 



THE snaffle bit is not of much effect in collecting 

 the horse when in action, but it is necessary that 

 the rider should understand how the hand and heels 

 should work together in bringing about the union 

 between the extremities of the horse, and from the 

 time he begins to ride the animal he should practise 

 the combined effects of the aids. 



Even though we should admit that a horse might 

 carry an inert burthen without destroying a naturally 

 balanced carriage, the hand and heels of an inexpert 

 rider would impair the harmony; and the faulty 

 movements of an ill-formed horse would be made 

 worse by a wrong disposition of the weights and 

 forces. 



The rider must know how to demand united 

 action of the extremities from his horse, and how to 

 remedy natural defects, so that this action may be 

 produced in animals that are not well balanced. 

 For until union and balance can be obtained be- 



