LEADING-REINS. 



leather, and away goes the horse ; the groom gets 

 pitched off, and possibly badly hurt ; and the horse, 

 after half killing a few people, tries to kill himself, 

 and not unfrequently succeeds in doing so. 



Both ends of the reins of an exercising 1 bridle 

 should be sewn on to the snaffle-rings, and not, as 

 is sometimes the case, only one end sewn on, 

 and the other with an iron key to slip through and 

 hold across the other ring. Such an arrangement 

 is only fit for a leading-rein. 



When it is required to lead a horse with a 

 snaffle-bridle, throw the reins over his head and 

 pass a rein through the snaffle-ring its entire length 

 under the jaw of the horse, on whichever side it 

 may be wished to lead from. 



If it is desired to lead a horse at any time with 

 an ordinary double rein (bit and bridoon), do so in 

 the following way : Lay each rein in its order on 

 the horse's neck ; the snaffle will then, of course, 

 be that nearest the head. Now lift up the bit-rein 

 and pass it over the snaffle-rein, and let it lie there. 

 Again lift up the snaffle-rein, and, passing it over 

 the bit-rein, carry it over the horse's head ; it will 

 then hang down from the snaffle-rings between the 

 bit-reins (the latter are still left on the horse's 

 neck). Now pass the snaffle-rein through the ring 

 of the snaffle as described for a single snaffle. To 



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