. Riding and driving. sfrom the hind quarters, the hand taking a lightbut steady tension upon the reins. No effortwill be made to induce the horse to pull againstthe hand, but the man should endeavor to getjust that resistance by which he may direct theanimal. It does not really matter if the jawof the horse does get a little rigid; that can besoftened by the bitting exercises and by futurelessons, but the horse must go into the turning to either hand the inside rein willdirect the movement, the outer rein measuringand controlling the effect of the other; the out-side leg of the ride
. Riding and driving. sfrom the hind quarters, the hand taking a lightbut steady tension upon the reins. No effortwill be made to induce the horse to pull againstthe hand, but the man should endeavor to getjust that resistance by which he may direct theanimal. It does not really matter if the jawof the horse does get a little rigid; that can besoftened by the bitting exercises and by futurelessons, but the horse must go into the turning to either hand the inside rein willdirect the movement, the outer rein measuringand controlling the effect of the other; the out-side leg of the rider will make an increased press-ure as the turn is being made to keep the croupof the horse on the path taken by the approaching the turn the horse will be slightlycollected between hand and heel, and as soon asthe horse enters upon the new direction it will beput straight and the aids will act as before. Tobring it to a halt, the legs of the rider will closeagainst the sides of the horse; he will then lean. FIG. 18. —BENDING HEAD WITH SNAFFLE -<?•..-:,?%. J 1 —^ PH^^^^^i P^^^r^ W Hki ^H ^BL mi ^ FIG. 19. —A LEG UP Handling the Young Horse 29 back slightly and raise his hand until the horsecomes to a walk, and in the same manner he willbring it to a stop. The hand will then releasethe tension upon the reins and the legs be with-drawn from the sides of the horse. To go for-ward, the rider will first close his legs againstthe sides of the horse and meet the impulses soprocured by such a tension upon the reins as willinduce the horse to go forward in a walk. So, todemand the trot, the increased impulses will firstbe demanded from the croup, to be met and meas-ured by the hand. It is an invariable rule, at thisstage and in every stage, that in going forward,backward, or to either side, the riders legs willact before the hand to procure the desired im-pulses. CHAPTER III THE PURCHASE, THE CARE, AND THE SALE OF THE SADDLE-HORSE Whether it has been procure
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