as well as my own. For the sudden 

 weight I put on the upper side as I swung 

 off enabled him to recover his balance 

 just in time. I do not pretend to say- 

 that I can dismount from the off side 

 as easily as from the near, because I am 

 not accustomed to it. But I have fre- 

 quently done it in emergencies, while a 

 side-saddle leaves one helpless in this 

 case as in many others. 



Besides being unable to mount and 

 dismount without assistance it is very 

 difficult to get side-saddle broken horses, 

 and it usually means a horse so broken 

 in health and spirits that he does not 

 care what is being strapped on his back 

 and dangling on one side of him only. 

 And to be on such an animal means 

 that you are on the worst mount of the 

 outfit, and I am sure that it requires 

 little imagination on any one's part to 



