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for it is a habit with horses, as awkward as it is com- 

 mon, to turn one way and look the other. At the same 

 time always lean in your saddle towards the centre of 

 the curve you are describing, and at an angle increasing 

 in proportion to your speed. 



Some English writers depreciate the above method 

 of guiding the horse, preferring to use the bit ex- 

 clusively, but it is almost universal in the United 

 States, and its advantages for ordinary riders are 

 numerous and evident. Indeed, Stonehenge, a well- 

 known English authority, says that in " this way a horse 

 can be turned with a much greater degree of nicety 

 and smoothness than by acting on the corner of his 

 mouth." 



