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position to stay and " lower handsomely " the weight of tlic 

 body. Put the right foot into the stirrup by aid of the foot 

 and not of the hand. If your groom be present he, stand- 

 ing on the oft' side of the horse, should hold the horse's 



MOUNTING — THIRD POSITION. 



head with one hand and bear a portion of his weight on 

 the off" stirrup with the other. Position No. 3 represents 

 an attempt to climb into the saddle : the gentleman has 

 muddled the double-barrelled hop, so, at the risk of turning 

 the saddle round and of tearing a lock from the horse's mane, 



