One of the rein sets may alternately be draw reins.

The Holy Roman Emperor may not have commanded the murder, nor even desired it, but he had given free rein to the party who he knew wished " to bring in Wallenstein, alive or dead.

A majority of its members may have approved Schlesinger's strategic plans, but they kept a tight rein on the money for his programs.

Zo ' or may have been given free rein over the Taelons ' activities in order to enhance their chances for success.

Tests may include a halt for several seconds, rein back, demonstration of the hand gallop, figure-8 at the trot or canter with correct diagonals or leads ( simple change of lead or flying ), trotting or cantering low fences ( up to 3 '), jump obstacles at the walk ( up to 2 '), jumping fences on a figure-8, oral questions regarding tack, equipment, conformation, and basic horsemanship, riding without stirrups, performing a turn on the forehand or haunches, and a serpentine at the trot or canter with flying changes.

After the Archduke's assassination, later in the month, the memory of this visit may have moved the Emperor to give Austria more rein in dealing with Serbia than he had in the Bosnian crisis of 1909.

Succession may move in unpredicted directions, but constricting environmental conditions within a narrow range may rein in the possible successional trajectories and increase the likelihood of a desired outcome.

It may be held like a riding rein, with the line running to the horse held between the fourth and fifth finger, or held like a driving rein, with it running between the thumb and pointer finger.

Direct rein pressure from the snaffle rein may put some pressure on the sides of the horse's mouth, depending on the specific bit design.

However, one popular design, the Uxeter Kimblewick, has slots in the curved portion of the ring, so that the rein may be fixed into one position.

A rider may also ride on contact with the snaffle rein, keeping the curb rein loose until the hold becomes comfortable and familiar.

Side reins should usually be adjusted so they are the same length on each side, though in some cases, the inside rein may be slightly shorter, particularly with a horse that has previously been allowed to develop the habit of arcing its body away from the circle.

The rider may control the severity of the bit by controlling the amount of slack in the rein.

Various commands may signal a turn, ask for a slower speed, request a halt or rein back.

A single rein or rope may be attached to a halter to lead or guide a horse or packhorse.

A long rein called a longe line may be used to allow the horse to move in a circle for training purposes, or for the purpose of a clinical lameness evaluation by a veterinarian.

On certain designs of headgear, a third rein may be added to the paired reins, used for leading, longeing, or other specialized or stylistic purposes.

Dressage movements may include circles, figures of eight, and crossing the diagonal and all paces – walk, working trot, collected trot, extended trot, canter, a halt, and a rein back.

Etymologically it is related to Avestan √ dar-(" to hold "), Old Persian √ dar-(" to hold, have "), Latin frēnum (" rein, horse tack "), Lithuanian derė ́ ti (" to be suited, fit "), Lithuanian dermė ( agreement ), darna (" harmony ") and Old Church Slavonic drъžati (" to hold, possess ").

In both cases, the gag or shank rein will be the bottom rein in the rider's hands, while the snaffle rein will be the top rein.

Running martingales are also allowed, but must be used with rein stops.

Since the original gag was a resolution, not a standing House Rule, it had to be renewed every session, and Adams and others had free rein until then.

' He did have ' some ready qualities for civil administration ,' but was less reckless and unscrupulous ' and probably would not be able to hold a tight enough rein on the people " once placed under Union control.

A Pākehā-dominated parliament had free rein to pass legislation affecting Māori, such as the Native Schools Act ( 1867 ) which required English to be the dominant medium of instruction for Māori children.

However, following the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, a conscious effort was made to rein in these tendencies so as to be inclusive of China's other ethnicities and to avoid separatist movements that might yield Qing-held territory outside of China proper.

Dearborn emphatically denied giving orders for any buildings to be destroyed and deplored the worst of the atrocities in his letters, but he was nonetheless unable or unwilling to rein in his soldiers.

Before her crowning Sibylla agreed with oppositional court members that she would annul her own marriage to please them, as long as she would be given free rein to choose her next husband.

In 1992, Virgin Records were looking for electronic bands and, after " Papua New Guinea "' s chart success, quickly signed them, giving them free rein to experiment. With their newfound contract they immediately began to play with more ambient music, resulting in the " Tales of Ephidrina " album of 1993, the first album to be released under the Amorphous Androgynous alias ; this was well received by press and marked a distinct shift from the more techno driven Accelerator, retaining some dance beats, but focussing more on texture, mood and sound, most famously on the popular track " Mountain Goat ".

Gen. Timbul Silaen ( under U. N. indictment ) as police chief for Papua, Papuans fear Guterres and his Laskar Merah Putih will be given free rein against the Papuan population.

To avoid abuses such as phony accusations for personal reasons, or to rein in overzealous officials who might not be diligent enough in pursuing evidence before making arrests, the laws required three separate sources of evidence to convict any individual targeted for neutralization.

His biographer Francis Lacssin has suggested that " the strange, surrealist flashes of anarchy which spark through the work of this pillar of society can only be explained as some sort of unconscious revolt to which he gave rein in his dreams-that is to say, in his films.

The Constitutions of Clarendon were Henry II's attempts to rein in the " problem " ( and conveniently increase his own power at the same time ) by claiming that once the ecclesiastical courts had tried and defrocked clergymen, the Church could no longer protect the individual, and convicted former clergy could be further punished under the jurisdiction of secular courts.

The horse is usually ridden on contact with the rein, and the horse is penalized if it must be ridden on strong contact, gapes its mouth, does not respond willingly to light aids, or does not travel in balance.

During his time as managing director of Jaguar, Lyons could be best described as ' autocratic ' and kept a tight rein on the company.

The saddle bronc rider grips a simple rein braided from cotton or polyester and attached to a leather halter worn by the horse.

He seems to have given loose rein to theosophical speculation and attached great importance to dreams and waking visions, on which he used to expatiate in his public discourses.

It is a leather strap that attaches from the snaffle ring to the curb ring, onto which the rein is then attached to the loop made between the two rings.

While fox hunters once were known to ride with a running martingale attached to the curb rein, today this practice is relatively non-existent, partly because the double bridle is only common in equestrian disciplines that usually do not use a running martingale.

It is best to make sure that both side reins are adjusted before attaching them to the bit, as it can be irritating to the horse to stand with one side rein attached while the handler is adjusting the other.

Green horses should have the lauffer rein attached to a lower and middle surcingle rein, while more advanced horses can have the reins raised to a middle and high ring on the surcingle.

The sliding side rein was designed to be attached to the outside rings of the surcingle, not between the legs.

The lower ring ( s ), of which there are usually two, are for a second rein to be attached, and they provide the gag action.

* Split reins: a rein style seen in western riding where the reins are not attached to one another at the ends.