. Productive horse husbandry. Horses; Horses. EQUITATION 283 hand, and renders almost impossible a continuous, dragging pull. Gloves permit of both a better grip and more easy manipu- lation of the reins, but they should be a size too large and un- buttoned to allow the greatest freedom of the fingers and wrist. Riding,—Holding the Reins.—The usual method of holding the reins of a curb and snafile riding bridle is to take the near snaffle rein over the little finger of the left hand, the near curb rein between tlie little and ring fingers, then pass the oif curb rein between the ring and middl
. Productive horse husbandry. Horses; Horses. EQUITATION 283 hand, and renders almost impossible a continuous, dragging pull. Gloves permit of both a better grip and more easy manipu- lation of the reins, but they should be a size too large and un- buttoned to allow the greatest freedom of the fingers and wrist. Riding,—Holding the Reins.—The usual method of holding the reins of a curb and snafile riding bridle is to take the near snaffle rein over the little finger of the left hand, the near curb rein between tlie little and ring fingers, then pass the oif curb rein between the ring and middle fingers and the off snaffle rein. Fig. 151.—The two-hand grip. between the middle and index fingere, the ends of all four reins coming out of the hand over tlie index finger and clasped by the thumb (Fig. 152). Either curb or snaffle reins can be taken up independently by tlie right hand back of the left, or the right hand may be dropped in front of the left, the little finger bet^veen the off curb and snaffle reins in case a two-hand grip is desired (Fig. 153). The hands may be separated and their position on the reins changed by running the reins through the fingers as the hands are dra^vn apart. The single rein from the plain snaffle bridle is usually simply crossed through the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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