PART IV. 



OF THE AIDS. 



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CHAP. I. 



OF THE AIDS OF THE HAND. 



Section I. — Preliminary. 



Aids are the indication of the horseman's 

 will to the horse, and are so called, because 

 they not only require, but assist, the horse to 

 execute. They, at the same time, check or 

 obstruct him from acting contrarily. 



These aids are certain positions of the 

 hand, body, legs, and sometimes of the switch 

 or whip ; the hand being the principal. The 

 others are sometimes called accompaniments, 



