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HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



of reins is the most difficult in practice. They 

 always have a tendency to lengthen, especially 

 with a keen horse, and very often it is not possible 



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When your horse makes his playful buck, you will find you 

 will have no difficulty in remaining properly placed in the saddle. 



to shorten them in time. Sometimes we are too 

 careless. We know that we are not properly 

 placed, and we allow the horse to make his jump. 

 But then w^e also know what the result will be, 

 and it is on those occasions that we are not willing 



