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and you will therefore prevent its extending too much 

 by giving a little tug on the rein just as each step is 

 made, at the same time with the heel keeping up speed 

 and animation. 



If your bitting has been thoroughly done, and your 

 horse's mouth is line and sensitive, you will probably 

 find the snaffle best for trotting, and you will give a 

 steady support with it. 



Keep the step quick, elastic, perfectly cadenced, and 

 without any rolling of the shoulders. 



Should you happen to be mounted upon a horse 

 which, from bad handling or his own faulty confor- 

 mation, is disposed to " bore," or bear on his bit, you 

 will ride with the curb, taking its reins in one hand, 

 but in the other hand taking the snaffle, with the left 

 rein drawn much tighter than the right. This will 

 have an effect quite different from what one might 

 expect, and will put a stop to this most fatiguing and 

 annoying trick. 



This recipe is not found in Baucher's book, but is 

 said to have been given by him verbally to his pupils, 

 and it is really " a trick worth knowing." If it does 

 not have the desired effect, however, when practised 

 with the left snaffle-rein, try it with the right, as the 

 mouth — for instance, from the effect of double harness 

 — may not be equally sensitive on both sides. 



If you observe that the step of one foot is shorter 

 than that of the other, making the horse appear lame, 



