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the horse to make a sudden start. Besides, when the lady 

 uses her right arm energetically, to give a cut with the whip, 

 the left hand will almost always move, and will consequently 

 give a jerk to the mouth, which will make the animal assume 

 a wrong position. 



Almost all ladies bring their horse's hind quarters round to 

 the right, because they make too much use of their powerful 

 " aid " on the left side ; their " aid " on the right side being too 

 weak to keep the animal straight. 



To obviate these inconveniences, a lady's school horse ought 

 to work very easily from right to left. 



A lady's hack ought to be the same on both sides. 



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