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ORDINARY RIDING. 



Baucher writes : " During the first lessons the entire half-hour 

 should be occupied in stationary work, except the last five 

 minutes, during which the rein-back will be practised." 

 Twenty-five minutes of stationary work and five minutes of 

 reining back is a deplorable waste of time. For a lesson of 



Fig. 13. — Correct flexion when mounted. 



half an hour's duration I would devote thirty minutes to 

 forward work, without any stationary work or reining back. 



We shall subsequently see that this difference in method is 

 found in all the work. 



Naturally, Baucher's flexion is as incorrect in mounted 

 work as iri worl< on foot. Fig,, 12, which is borrowed without 

 any change from his- book, enables \is to judge his work b}^ 

 comparing it with Fig. 13, which represents correct flexion. 



