32 EQUITATION AND HORSE TRAINING. 



nary means of accustoming the horse to yield to the pres- 

 sure of one leg. 



To change direction to the right, then, the aids to be 

 used are the right rein and the right leg.** 



In the first lesson the turning movement will not be 

 executed with precision, but this is of small importance. 



It is not a question of bending the horse on a quarter 

 circle as should be done with a trained horse; all that is 

 necessary is to make the horse understand what action 

 results from the opening of one rein and the closing of 

 one leg. 



« When the leg and rein on the same side are used as aids, they are 

 called lateral aids; thus, also, lateral effects and lateral equitation.— 

 The Board. 



