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side, to bring his haunches under him, but merely 

 pulls the bridle, the horse might be stopped by 

 strength of arm, but it would be entirely on his 

 fore-hand ; and she would be thrown up and down 

 in her saddle, in a very helpless way. 



The stop should not be made too suddenly. 



Reining bach. — The great use of reining back, is 

 to render the horse obedient, and tractable. The 

 lady should first make her horse collect himself, 

 when well balanced, she should communicate an 

 impulse to the horse, by the pressure of her leg and 

 whip to his sides, to induce him to raise one of his 

 hind feet, at the moment of his doing so, she should 

 double the feeling upon both reins, by drawing 

 her hand back, and turning her little finger up 

 towards her chest ; the horse, to recover his ba- 

 lance, will step back. The movement of the hand 

 must be repeated, at each step of the horse ; 

 should the horse bring his haunches too much un- 

 der him, the bearing upon the reins must be eased, 

 and the pressure of the leg and whip, increased, 

 to give him a forward impulse. 



The horse must not be allowed to hurry, or run 

 back out of hand, nor to diverge from the straight 

 line ; he should be guided, by an increased pressure 

 of either rein, as may be necessary, and by an addi- 

 tional pressure with the leg, or whip, to keep his 

 hind-quarters in the desired direction. 



