IOO ROAD, PARK, AND SCHOOL 



seize my meaning there should be no difficulty in 

 carrying out my instructions. 



If the rider will hold the curb reins in one hand 

 and the snaffle reins, over them, in the other, he 

 can demand the raising of the head of the horse by 

 the snaffle, and the lowering of the head by a fixed 

 but light tension of the curb bit. Of course, in 

 working to the right, the curb rein should be held 

 in the left hand, those of the snaffle in the right. 



Or, all the reins may be held in the left hand, 

 and the right hand may be carried upon the right 

 snaffle rein, when working to the right ; and the 

 left hand be carried upon the left snaffle rein, the 

 four reins held in the right hand, when working to 

 the left. 



In a short time the rider will find that by raising 

 or depressing the hand which holds the curb reins 

 he will be able to govern the height of the head of 

 the horse, but at first it is well to have the power of 

 the snaffle, especially as it will be used in the early 

 lessons for beginning the changes of direction. 



In hand. Let the rider close his legs against the 

 sides of the horse and press in his heels, and meet 

 the effects of the heels by a light tension upon the 

 reins. When the horse bends its neck, brings the 

 head into the vertical position, and sustains it with- 

 out support from the hand, and yields the jaw to the 



