TO GUIDE " BRIDLEWISE.'' 55 



LESSON XII. 



TO GUIDE "BRIDLEWISE." 



Up to this time your horse has been guided as in 

 driving, by a pull upon one side of the bit, that is to 

 say, upon one corner of the mouth, and it is time now 

 to substitute a simple pressure of the rein upon his 

 neck. The chief difficulty to be encountered is in the 

 fact that, as the rein is attached to the bit, the tension 

 of it against one side of the neck pulls the bit on that 

 side, consequently conveying to the horse an impression 

 exactly opposite to that intended. This difficulty must 

 be overcome by patience, for this instruction cannot be 

 completed in a single lesson, but will have to be carried 

 on simultaneously with other work for a week or more. 

 It is given by carrying your hand over, whenever you 

 turn, to the side towards which you wish to go, so that 

 the reins will press against the neck. Thus, if you 

 wish to turn to the left, draw on the left snaffle-rein, 

 and as the horse answers to it, carry your hand to the 

 left, so that the right reins press against the right side 

 of the neck. This must be done with judgment, or the 

 bit, being pulled too hard on the right side by the ten- 



