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day when a nervous horse catches you with one foot on 

 the ground and the other hung to the heel in a close 

 stirrup. As a general rule ride with your feet clear in 

 to the heels, but on a trot it will ease you greatly to slip 

 your foot back, so that the ball of the foot rests on the 



The Proper Way to Mount "Ready to Swing Into the Saddle." 



stirrup and takes up the jar with a sort of spring in the 

 foot. 



On a fast trot lean forward in your stirrups, standing 

 clear of the saddle, and place a hand on the mount's 

 mane, so as to steady and keep you on the balance. 

 This eases the horse and rests the rider. Notice how 

 the jockeys ride their racing mounts; they lean away 

 forward, standing up in their stirrups. Ride from your 



