ETIQUETTE IN THE SADDLE. 



Ill 



able you to shorten the reins without relaxing their 

 tension. 



Always speak to your horse on approaching and on 

 leaving him, and also whenever he has tried especially 



METHOD OP HOLDING THE REINS IN BOTH HANDS. 



to please you, as your voice will soon come to have a 

 great influence over him. There is a story told of two 

 keepers in a zoological garden, one of whom wasa favor- 

 ite with the animals, while the other, though a more con- 

 scientious man, was disliked by them. The authorities, 

 curious to learn the reason, had them watched, and it 

 was found that the former always talked to the animals, 

 while the latter served them silently. Too much con- 



