The golden rule of horsemanship is laid down by Colonel Greenwood

The golden rule of horsemanship is laid down by Colonel Greenwood

The golden rule of horsemanship is laid down by Colonel Greenwood, in a sentence that noodles will despise for its trite simplicity: When you wish to turn to the right, pull the right rein stronger than the left. This is common sense. No horse becomes restive in the colt-breaker’s hands. The reason is, that they ride with one bridle and two hands, instead of two bridles and one hand. When they wish to go to the left, they pull the left rein stronger than the right. When they wish to go to the right, they pull the right rein stronger than the left. If the colt does not obey these indications, at least he understands them, even the first time he is mounted, and the most obstinate will not long resist them. Acting on these plain principles, I saw, in August last, a three-year-old colt which, placed absolutely raw and unbridled in Mr. Rarey’s hands, within seven days answered every indication of the reins like an old horse turned right or left, brought his nose to the rider’s knee, and backed like an old trooper.

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