8 SCHOOL-TBAINING FOB HOESES. 



CHAPTER II. 



SUPPLING THE FORE-HAND. 



The horse will first be ridden in a plain 

 snaffle bridle, the trainer holding a rein 

 in each hand, at such a height as he 

 finds gives the horse the greatest free- 

 dom of action. He will induce the horse 

 to move forward by some encouraging 

 sound, or by a gentle pressure of the 

 unarmed heels. Upon coming to a turn 

 the inside rein will be drawn to bend the 

 head of the horse in the new direction, and 



