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Therefore, it is that correfpondcnce and fenratioii 

 between the horfe's mouth and the hand of the rider, 

 which alone can make him fubmit with pleafure to 

 the conftrainc of the bit. 



Flavin g thus explained the different pofitions 

 and motions of the hand, permit me in a few words 

 to iliew the effects which they produce in horfeman- 

 fliip? 



The hand dire6ts the reins, the reins operate vipoiii 

 the branches of the bit; the branches upon the 

 mouth- piece and the curb, the mouth-piece operates 

 upon the bars, and the curb upon the chin of the 

 horfc. 



So far for the management of the bridle hand upon 

 thorough-broke and well-drelled horfes. But in 

 breaking young horfes for any purpofe, the reins in 

 all cafes ought to be feparated, nothing fo unmean- 

 ing, nothing fo ineffectual as the method of working 

 with them joined or held in only one hand, this 

 is very evident in the inftances of colts, and of 

 fliff necked, and imworked horfes of all kinds, with 

 them it is impoffible to do anything without holding 

 a rein in either hand, w^hich rein operates with cer- 

 tainty and governs the fide of the neck to which it 

 belongs, and furcly this is a fliorter way of working 

 than to make, or rather attempt to m.ake the left 

 rein determine the horfe to the right, and the right 

 guide him to the left. In the above inftances of ftiff 

 awkward horfes this can never be done ; and altho 

 it is conftantly pradifed with thofe which are Dreji, 

 yet it is certain they obey, and make their Changes 

 rnore from docility and Habit ^ than from the influence 



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