THE FIRST WORK MOUNTED 



front limbs, and from the fore hand throughout 

 the entire animal mechanism. Baucher fully un- 

 derstood the importance of this aid, and created 

 the flexions of mouth and neck. So too did Fillis, 

 who was first to apply the expression doigter, that 

 is to say, fingering. 



The bridle hand can produce three general effects, 

 which, in their turn, by the fingering and by the 

 different positions of the hand, are still further 

 modified in great variety. 



The first is by tension of the reins, a retarding. 

 Its opposite is freedom, permission, concession. 



The second effect is by the steadiness of the 

 bridle hand. Its immediate effect is sustension, 

 and later elevation. 



The third effect is by the position of the hand, to 

 indicate the direction which the animal is to take. 



These effects, in general, should be produced one 

 after the other, but not simultaneously. To produce 

 any one without at the same time producing any 

 trace of any other, or disturbing the conditions 

 involved in the other two, constitutes the "intelli- 

 gent hand." 



The usual position of the hand is that given 

 above. But for control, training, or the like, the 

 reins are carried upward, downward, backward, 

 left or right, to an extent proportionate to the effect 

 desired. During such movements the hand should 

 always continue to feel the bit. When the hand 

 has reached the position where it will obtain the 



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