FEBRUARY 2006 • VOLUME 6 • HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine

"The whip, used as an aid, is a prolongation of the arm and hand, which enables us to touch, and so to control, the horse in places which the hand cannot reach; it is, in effect, the rider's "third hand", according to the expression used originally, I believe, by Rarey.

[ Editors Note: Rarey's Breaking and Training in the EBook Offered in the !st Issue of HORSES For LIFE™]

It provides the trainer with a very long arm; standing quietly by the horse's head or shoulder, he is able to touch the animal's quarters without difficulty; the good trainer will work by himself, in accordance with the principle "one man to one horse,"

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