. The encyclopaedia of sport. rs moreweight on his fore-legs than on his hind ones, adifference which in movement is increased inproportion to the speed. Hence a horse, likeall other horizontally placed objects that haveone end heavier than the other end, can , especially during movement, morereadily on his heavier end (his fore-hand) thanon his hind-quarters. As the position of therider augments the proportion of weight borneby the fore-hand, the rider, particularly whenhe is going fast, should when turning, try tocheck any undue tendency the hind quarters ofthe animal may have to sw
. The encyclopaedia of sport. rs moreweight on his fore-legs than on his hind ones, adifference which in movement is increased inproportion to the speed. Hence a horse, likeall other horizontally placed objects that haveone end heavier than the other end, can , especially during movement, morereadily on his heavier end (his fore-hand) thanon his hind-quarters. As the position of therider augments the proportion of weight borneby the fore-hand, the rider, particularly whenhe is going fast, should when turning, try tocheck any undue tendency the hind quarters ofthe animal may have to swing round; the pre-ventive means being to lean back and to drawback the foot opposite to the side to which theturn is being made. If the horse purposelykeeps his hind-quarters from coming round (,when he runs out at a fence, while yielding hishead to the pull of the rein), we should ofcourse draw back the other foot. It is almostneedless to say that the horse will not obey thepressure of the leg, or at least to a very im-. Reins in One Hand- perfect extent, when turning, unless he hasbeen previously taught to obey this indication. The system of holding the reins crossed in the hands, in the manner practised by alljockeys, is the one which gives the firmest holdand allows the reins to be manipulated andchanged from one hand to another with morefacility and precision than can be attained inany other way. In all ordinar} riding, thereins should be held in both hands ; for thenthe power on the reins is stronger, the reinscan be held longer and if necessary, lower, and riding] THE OF SPORT 259 the indications in turning can be given in amore direct manner than when only one handis employed. As an exception to this generalrule, I may cite the practice of the Boers, who
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