62 The Cukb, Etc. 



If the reins are shortened by this method of 

 shifting, it is easy to let them slip to their proper 

 length; hut, whenever they are too long, it re- 

 quires the assistance of the other hand to shorten 

 them. 



The shifting them again into the left hand is 

 only carrying the left hand over the right, putting 

 the little finger of the left hand downward between 

 the left and right reins, placing them smoothly 

 upward through the Land, and letting the ends 

 hang over the forefinr - as at first. 



When both curb .id snaffle reins are held in the 

 last and most r aal method, you shift them into 

 the right hn* t (after turning the left thumb to- 

 wards the ^ght,) by putting the forefinger of the 

 right h? ad into the place of the little finger of the 

 left, tue second finger of the right into the place 

 of the third finger of the left, and the third finger 

 of the right into the place of the second finger of 

 the left, placing the reins smoothly through the 

 right hand, with the ends hanging down. 



Thus you have every rein separate in the right 

 hand. 



When you shift them again to the left, put the 

 fingers of the left hand into the places you took 

 them from. 



