SAFETY BARS. 41 



Owing to the position which a lady occupies in a 

 side-saddle, she is often inclined to draw her foot 

 back to such an extent that she would pull the 

 leather out of the bar, if the action of the bar was 



Fig. 16. Side view of a properly made saddle. 



similar to that of a man's saddle ; but a Champion 

 and Wilton's bar is so devised that it will free the 

 leather, only when the pressure of the left leg is 

 removed from the flap of the bar, in which case 

 trie lady will have quitted the saddle. Hence, as 



