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HANDS AND LEGS (AIDS). 



with the right hand for the purpose in question, supposing that 

 both hands are on the reins, as in Fig. 158, the rider should 

 let go the slack of the off rein out of the left hand and 

 should slide that hand forward on the near rein, and 

 grasp the off rein in the full of the left hand, as shown 

 in Fig. 191. As explained on page 162, the left hand should 

 go forward in a somewhat circular direction, and not straight 



Fig. 192. Swinging the whip forward, before bringing it up. 



to the front, so that an even feeling on both reins may be pre- 

 served the whole time. It is necessary to shorten the reins 

 in this way ; for when the reins are held in one hand, they 

 should naturally be shorter than when they are held in both 

 hands. If the reins are held as in Fig. 157, the near rein 

 should be passed into the right hand, and the left hand 

 should slide forward on the near rein and take up both reins 

 in the manner just described. Both reins being now grasped 



