182 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



before or behind the saddle, or with great ease on the 

 right side. Its use may, therefore, in all cases be sub- 

 stituted for the pressure of the leg in the description 

 of the modes of effecting the change of leg, turning to 

 the left or right, or leading with either leg. With 

 this substitution, and with the caution against all 

 violent attempts at coercion, which are better carried 

 out by the fine hand and delicate tact of the lady, all 

 the feats which man can perform may well be imita- 

 ted by her. 



In dismounting, the horse is brought to a dead stop 

 and his head held by an assistant; the lady next turns 

 her knee back again from the position between the 

 outside crutch, takes her foot out of the stirrup, and 

 sits completely sideways; she then puts her left hand 

 on the gentleman's shoulder, who places his right arm 

 around her waist and lightly assists her to the ground 



