19C THE HOME, FARM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPEDIA. 



This we consider one of the easiest methods of getting off, although it 

 looks so difficult. 



To RIDE SIDE-SADDLE. Riding in a side-sitting position is very simple, 

 but you must first learn the foregoing exercises. First vault on the usual 

 way, and work up to a moderate speed, then throw the right leg over the 

 handles as in the act of getting off, but still retain your seat, and continue 

 working with the left leg only. Now from this position you may practise 

 passing the right leg back again into its original position when sitting 

 across the saddle in the usual way. 



To REST THE LEGS. A very useful position is that of stretching out 

 the legs in front when taking long journeys, as it rests the legs, and also, 

 as sometimes you do not require to work the treadle descending an in- 

 cline, the weight of the machine and yourself being sufficient to continue 

 the desired momentum. 



In this position the break is generally used ; but when putting it on ? 

 mind you do not turn the handles with both hands at once, but turn with 

 one first and then with the other ; as, if the spring should be strong, and 

 you attempt to use both hands in turning it, as a matter of course when 

 you let go to take fresh hold the handles will fly back, to your great an- 

 noyance. 



To RIDE WITHOUT USING THE HANDS. This is a very pretty and effec- 

 tive performance, but of course it is rather difficult, and requires much 

 practice before attempting it, as the steering must be done with the feet 

 alone, the arms being generally folded. 



To accomplish this feat, you must keep your feet firmly on the treadles 

 in the upward as well as the downward movement, taking care not to 

 take them off at all, as you will thereby keep entire command of them, 

 which is absolutely necessary, as in fact they are doing double work, both 

 propelling and also steering the machine. You will, as you become ex- 

 pert in this feat, acquire a kind of dinging hold of the treadles, which 

 you will find very useful, indeed, in ascending a hill when you take to 

 outdoor travelling. Fancy riding of this kind must only be attempted on 

 good surfaces. 



Description will not assist you much here, but when you attempt it you 

 will soon find out that when riding without using the hands, every stroke 

 of the foot, either right or left, must be of the same force, as, if you press 

 heavier on one treadle than on the other, the machine will have a ten- 

 dency to go in that direction ; and thus you must be on the watch to 

 counteract it by a little extra pressure on the other treadle, without giv- 

 ing enough to turn the machine in the reverse direction. 



