i6 HORSEMANSHIP. 



To Dismonnt. 



Place the left hand with the reins on the mane, and 

 the right hand on the front of the right flap of the 

 saddle. Take the right foot out of the stirrup, and 

 swing the leg, with the knee straight, over the cantle, 

 place the right hand on the off side of the cantle, and 

 make a pause for an instant, while holding the body erect. 

 The right foot is, then, brought on the ground, and the 

 left foot is removed from the stirrup. The right hand 

 is placed on the front of the off flap, and on the off side 

 of the cantle, in preference to placing it on the pommel 

 and on the back of the cantle, both for safety sake, in 

 the event of the horse making any violent or unexpected 

 movement, and to avoid the risk of causing the saddle 

 to shift its position. I have taken for granted that the 

 rider is of average height. It looks very awkward for a 

 man, when dismounting, to bring his right le^, with a 

 bent knee, over the saddle, and to get off " all of a heap." 

 When dismounting, as well as when mounting, the body 

 should be kept erect, and the different movements 

 should be performed with smartness and precision, 

 although without any appearance of stiffness or ex- 



