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CHAPTEK VI. 



MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. 



Directions to place a lady on her saddle. Directions to mount at a halt. 

 In movement. To dismount in movement. To vault on at a halt. 

 Circus for practising these movements. To pick a whip from the 

 ground. To face about in the saddle. 



To mount a To mount, a lady should place her left hand on the 



side-saddle. 



pummel or leaping horn, the right hand on the off side 

 of the cantle, or as far towards it as possible, and should 

 seat herself between her two hands; she should give 

 the left foot, this should be kept precisely under the 

 weight; if it is given forward (which is the common 

 error) each person is pushed backward one from the 

 other. This should be practised on any piece of furni- 

 ture ; the man should use both his hands, and in this 

 way a weak person may put up the heaviest weight. 

 You may put a man of fifteen stone on the top of a door 



