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with the greatest ease, try if you can do this in any 

 other way. 



To mount, a man should place his left shoulder to his To mount 



at a halt. 



horse's left shoulder, so as to look to the horse's rear ; 



take your whip, reins, and the mane in the left hand, with 



* 



the right hand take the lower part of the stirrup-leather 

 between the fore -finger and thumb, the little finger on 

 the upper part of the stirrup-iron ; take a hop forward 

 facing the saddle and turning your toe to the horse's 

 front without touching his side, take the cantle with the 



right hand and up. If the horse moves on, he only Orin move- 

 ment. 



spares you the previous hop, and by walking or running 

 backward with him you may mount almost at a gallop. 

 In taking the right stirrup, avoid touching the horse with 

 the spur, or even pressing him with the leg. If he has 

 been made shy by such usage, place your left hand on 

 the pummel, and with the right hand place the stirrup 

 on the foot, keeping both legs from the horse's sides. 



To dismount in movement, lay the reins on the neck, To dis- 

 mount in 



one or both knotted short; take the pummel with the movement 



