BUCK-JUMPING. 



259 



bare-back, by passing a rope a couple of times round the 

 animal and then tying it, or by using a strong surcingle 

 inside which they get their knees. The more a horse thus 



Fig. 207. Maori method of riding a buck-jumper. 



equipped bucks, the firmer are the rider's legs jammed between 

 the surcingle or rope and the animal's sides (Fig. 207). If 

 the horse throws himself down or falls, the rider can easily 

 get free, as his feet are outside the rope or surcingle, as the 

 case may be. 



17* 



