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MOUNTED BREAKING. 



expert breaker could within an hour and a half make any 

 horse quiet to mount for the time being ; only a few repeti- 

 tions being usually needed to make the effect permanent. 

 With ordinary horses, the resources of the breaker need 

 not exceed those to be obtained from the long reins and 

 rope-twitch. The precaution of using a saddle in which 

 one can obtain a firm grip, should not be neglected. 



Fig. 104. Buckjumping saddle. 



Having mentioned the subject of a saddle for breaking 

 purposes, I may state that I have designed one out of 

 which it is almost impossible to fall. It is provided on each 

 side with " leaping heads," which give a grip with both 

 legs similar to that afforded to the left leg in a side saddle. 

 The seat in it is far more secure than in any Australian 

 buckjumping saddle I have ever ridden in. With it, I ride 

 with the stirrups rather long, so that I might have no 



