CH. XIV 



INCLINE TO THE RIGHT 



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being pulled to the right, and with some horses it is 

 better to make the whole movement by letting the 

 left hand go forward, not taking the right hand back. 



FlG. I33. INCLINE TO THE RIGHT (OFF REINS SEPARATED). 



Some good coachmen put the whole hand on the 

 off reins, with the nails downward, taking both reins 

 in one grasp, between the under side of the hand 

 and the thumb (Fig. 134), but it is better to take 

 the reins with the third finger between them, be- 

 cause the hands and reins are then exactly in the 

 position to make a point with both off reins into the 

 spaces on both sides of the third finger of the left 

 hand, if it is desirable to do so in order to continue 



