SUPPLING THE FOREHAND. 



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After a few turns about the school to 

 the right, the reins will be changed, the 

 left hand holding those of the snaffle above 

 the curb-reins now in the right hand, and 

 the horse will be walked the reversed 

 way. 



In the straight lines the horse will be 

 kept collected between the hand and legs, 

 and as he learns to yield to the bit and 

 answer to the heel, he will become light. 



When the horse turns readily at the 

 corners in answer to the snaffle followed 

 by the curb, he should be turned by the 

 use of the curb alone, the outside rein be- 

 ing pressed against the neck and the cor- 

 responding heel bringing up the croup. 

 After he makes the turns at the corners at 

 the pressure of the curb-rein, he should be 

 ridden in the figure of eight, taking the 



