For a young or green (inexperienced) horse, longeing is used to teach a horse to respond to voice commands and the trainer's body language, to accustom them to the feel of a saddle and bridle, and to begin their introduction to the feel of reins and bit pressure.
spoils system - the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power. system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; they have to operate under a system they oppose; that language has a complex system for indicating gender.
The spoils system refers to the process whereby elected officials reward political supporters with government jobs. The goes back to President Andrew Jackson. The term was meant to be pejorative. It was related to a speech by Senator William L. Marcy who said, âTo the victors belong the spoils.â.