52 SCHOOL-TKAINING FOE HOKSES. 



horse strikes off, the hand and legs will 

 ahgn him upon the path he is to follow, 

 and collect him for the desired speed. To 

 this end the leg opposite to the spur must 

 be carried closely to the flank, to be ready 

 to give support, and to prevent too much 

 yielding to the rowels. This method 

 must not be confounded with that pre- 

 scribed by military writers, for although 

 the instructions appear to have great 

 similarity, the effects are very different. 

 In military riding, the rule for making 

 the horse gallop with a snaffle-bridle is 

 to raise the opposite rein, loiver the direct- 

 rein, and apply the opposite spur. The 

 theory I advance would require the 

 reverse of this, so far as regards the 

 reins. The '* double-feeling " of the direct 

 curb -rein in the cavalry schools is not the 



