A system of school-training for horses / [Edward L. Anderson].

  • Anderson, Edward L. (Edward Lowell), 1842-1916.
Date:
1882
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Credit: A system of school-training for horses / [Edward L. Anderson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    speed, increased by means of the aids. But these lessons must not be carried too far, as it is not now the intention to develop the trot into the passage, but simply to give the horse light, even, and regular strides; and when this has been acquired the horse will be habitually ridden with an equal pressure on both sides of the mouth when the bit is in action, though never with a constant pull upon the reins. After the horse has acquired the walk and the trot as described, he should be ridden in the double-reined bridle. The curb-bit being carefully fitted, but suffi- ciently severe to make him discover that it is for his own comfort that he yields his head and jaw at its pressure. I have found that bits with branches from four