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the whole too long; and then applying the 

 right hand to the rein you mean to shorten. 



When any single rein wants shortening, 

 apply the right hand to that part which hangs 

 over the fore finger, and draw it tighter. 



A little observation and practice will soon 

 make you so perfectly acquainted with their 

 situation, that you will find them as readily in 

 the dark as in the light. 



When the reins are separate, i. e. both 

 hands occupied by reins, and they want ad- 

 justing, you bring the hands together to assist 

 each other ; remembering, that the hand that 

 supports the attitude or position the horse 

 works in, which is always what is termed the 

 inner hand, is not to depart from its situation 

 so as to occasion any disorder, but rather the 

 outward hand to be brought to the inner, for 

 the purpose of adjusting them. 



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