v assistance of a log, or stone, or a friendly 



M hand for a lift? Western riding is not 



*! Central Park riding, nor is it Rotten 



I * Row riding. The cowboy's, or military, 



g seat is much simpler and easier for both 



man and beast than the Park seat 



o though, of course, less stylish. That is 



the glory of it; you can go galloping 



over the prairie and uplands with never a 



thought that the trot is more proper, and 



your course, untrammelled by fenced-in 



roads, is straight to the setting sun or 



to yonder butte. And if you want a 



spice of danger, it is there, sometimes 



more than you want, in the presence or 



badger and gopher holes, to step into 



which while at high speed may mean 



a broken leg for your horse, perhaps a 



broken neck for yourself. But to return 



to the independence of riding astride : 



One day I was following a game trail 



