THE REASONED EQUITATION 



with the snaffle. Cross the left rein of the snaffle to 

 the right hand, holding the two always equal. With 

 the snaffle reins, maintain the position, head up. 

 Take the reins of the bit in the left hand, separating 

 them by the first two fingers, the ends passed over 

 the forefinger and held by the thumb. Make con- 

 tact with the snaffle. Shift the contact from snaf- 

 fle to bit. Caress with the right hand ; or, if that is 

 occupied, with the voice. Continue this exercise 

 for five minutes. For another five minutes, change 

 the contact back to the snaffle. Do three minutes of 

 fingering alternately with the two hands, followed 

 by two minutes with the reins of the bit and snaffle 

 both in the right, while caressing with left hand and 

 voice. (Figure 19.) 



For the second lesson of the fourth day, take 

 the snaffle reins in the right hand, while the left 

 hand holds the reins of the bit, but without effect. 

 Make contact with the right hand. Shift the con- 

 tact to the left hand, making the same effects. 

 If, now, as you finger with the right hand, the horse 

 champs the bit, begin fingering also with the left, 

 then change to the right alone. Then follow with 

 three minutes of fingering with the bit, helped out, 

 if necessary, with the snaffle; three minutes with the 

 snaffle ; then two minutes with the bit. Dismount. 



If the flexions have been done correctly on foot, 

 this work of obtaining contact with the two bits 

 alternately will be sufficient to secure, by means of 

 fingering, a flexion of the lower jaw, which will, 



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