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case, will pull his head round to the right, and his hind- 

 quarters round to the left ; making him, in fact, turn on 

 his centre. He should then be circled to the right and 

 turned to the left-about on the same principle. Every now 

 and then we may halt him by feeling both reins, and when 

 doing so, may accustom him to the word "whoa ! " or any 



Fig. 91. — Outward rein on driving-pad. 



other convenient substitute, so as to teach him in a very 

 few lessons to stop the moment he hears this signal without 

 needing any hint from the reins. I may remark that by 

 acting on similar principles, we may teach the horse, when 

 riding or driving him, to halt in this way. While driving 

 the animal on foot, we should adjust the length of the 

 standing martingale or bearing-rein as may be required. 



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