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there should be no settling down into the saddle to disconcert 

 the last few strides, which the animal should always have to 

 himself. How can he be expected to properly collect himself 

 and control his limbs, when a rider is what is called, ' getting 

 back ' ? We see many falls from that cause. If riders would 

 only allow the horse to do that for them, instead of bustling 

 the animals, there would be far fewer ' clumsy brutes ' about 



Fig. 213. Dollery on Cloister and Mawson on Horizon. 



than there are, and all because men won't sit still, and allow 

 the horse when he rises to put them back naturally. If this 

 be done, the body will gradually go into its proper place, as 

 the horse descends, and consequently the weight will be dis- 

 tributed evenly. Give the horse plenty of head-room and the 

 body will go with him. As an example, get on a rocking 

 horse, hold on tight to its head, and see how it will act." 



Fig. 2 1 3 furnishes us with a valuable object-lesson. In it 

 we see Dollery leaning well back and having his feet drawn 



