130 HOW THE HOUSE lEAIEWS 



The aids of the hand, of the weight of the 'body 

 of the rider and other aids are mechanical, 



and after they have been 

 learnt become mental or conventional aids. 



Except the associations whicli must be given to 

 the horse in order to acquire his confidence, to 

 teach him to advance at a given sound of the 

 voice, to stop and remain still at certain other 

 sound of the voice, and to free him from fear, 

 the other actions which it is requisite to teach 

 him in order to fit him for being ridden depend 

 on and are taught by means of aids or indications 

 v^^ith the lounge, the whip, the hand, the weight 

 of rider's the body, the riding whip and the legs, 

 which act in part mechanically and explain them- 

 selves owing to the mechanical effect they produce 

 upon him, and in part mentally but clearly. 



By means of these aids, the horse conies to 

 one side because he is actually drawn that way, 

 and goes to the other because he is materially 

 driven there. This is a great advantage, and if 



