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placed on the ground, and remains seated while the off 

 fore leg rests on the ground, but the height and dura- 

 tion of the rise will depend on his power of forward 

 reach. Some ladies exert themselves far too much in 

 rising, and flop down on their saddles with a noise 

 which attracts attention to their faulty riding, and which 



Fig. 94. Rising at the trot, with stirrup at correct length. 



must be very uncomfortable both to them and their 

 mounts. The chief cause of this faulty style is the 

 adoption of a long stirrup (Figs. 95 and 96), by which 

 the weight of the body is brought so much to the near 

 side that the rider can rise only with great muscular 

 exertion, and with the risk of giving her mount a sore 

 back, by the downward drag of the saddle to this side. 

 If the horse were to break into a canter, the lady with 



