CHAPTER V. 



HANDS AND LEGS. 



The beginner should be mounted upon 

 a quiet horse, so that the mistakes a young 

 rider necessarily makes will not bring 

 about disasters that would destroy all taste 

 for the exercise. 



The snaffle-reins should at first be 

 used, one held in each hand, at a length 

 that will give control over the horse with- 

 out confining the head of the animal to 

 interfere with his movements. 



The horse will be induced to move for- 

 ward by a slight pressure of the riders 



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