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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 287

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ocheck 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 (e.g.,when he runs out at a fence,… … 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…

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