LONG-REIN DRIVING. 



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jockeys, or pillar reins, must necessarily work, as I have 

 already said, more or less in the dark and by rule of 

 thumb ; for he cannot gauge the progress which his pupil 

 is making, except by trying the animal in saddle or harness. 

 Besides, he commits the two grave faults of working only 

 one end of the body (see page 70), and of endeavouring to 

 " supple " the head and neck of a stationary animal (see 



Fig. 94. — Driving horse with running reins through stirrup-irons. 



page 81). With the long reins we avoid both these errors, 

 and remain in constant touch with our pupil. 



Colonel Wardrop showed me a method he practises of 

 driving horses over jumps with long ropes which pass 

 through the stirrup-irons and rings of the snaffle, and are 

 fixed on tightly to the girths and stirrup-irons on their 

 respective sides (see Fig. 94). This excellent authority on 



