. Riding and driving for women . carry their heads in toward thepole instead of going away straight. This looks verybadly, makes the horses mouths hard, and eitherkeeps the horses going diagonally or causes them tocarry their heads crooked. If horses have acquired, through wrong coupling,the habit of turning their heads in toward the pole,or their quarters out from it, it is sometimes a goodplan to change their positions instead of always driv-ing them on the same side. Then, on the other hand,horses sometimes get into the habit of leaning inagainst the pole. This is a difficult habit to break
. Riding and driving for women . carry their heads in toward thepole instead of going away straight. This looks verybadly, makes the horses mouths hard, and eitherkeeps the horses going diagonally or causes them tocarry their heads crooked. If horses have acquired, through wrong coupling,the habit of turning their heads in toward the pole,or their quarters out from it, it is sometimes a goodplan to change their positions instead of always driv-ing them on the same side. Then, on the other hand,horses sometimes get into the habit of leaning inagainst the pole. This is a difficult habit to break,but by changing their positions or by adjusting thebits and the coupling reins, and steady and carefuldriving, this habit can be broken. Bearing reins are required in the appointments 269 RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN for ladles traps except for runabouts and pony carts,and I believe generally in their use with nearly everykind of trap, and with single horses as well as n\ ithpairs. It is only the abuse of bearing reins, and not. Proper Adjustment of Bearing Reins the use, which has led to the outcry so generallymade against them by persons ignorant ot the prin-ciples and practice of driving. Bearing reins should be just tight enough to keepthe horses head up in its natural position. Whenso adjusted they prevent a horse from putting his 270 BITS AND BEARING REINS head down and getting the bit in his teeth; theyprevent him from putting his tongue over the bitand do a great deal toward preventing him fromkicking. Bearing reins are particularly necessary in pairdriving, for however well matched two horses maybe in general appearance, they seldom carry theirheads naturally at just the same height. In thatcase the horse who naturally carries his head highshould have his bearing rein quite loose and theother quite tight, so that their heads may be atthe same height. Nothing looks worse than to seetwo horses in a pair carrying their heads one lowand one high. Most of the best authorit
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