SADDLING A HORSE. 



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done on the off side, sufficient space for that purpose 

 will have to be left on the girth-straps of that side. 

 After the rider has been put up, the girths should be 

 again tightened, and it is generally advisable to repeat 



Fig. 31. Foot caught, on account of its having been put into the stirrup 

 from the wrong side. 



this operation after she has ridden her horse for a 

 short time, especially if the animal has the trick of 

 "blowing himself out." With a Fitzwilliam girth, 

 the narrow girth which goes over the broad one is 

 passed through the loop of the martingale or breast- 

 strap, supposing that one or both of these appliances 



