THE TROT. 



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do so in some saddles. Much of the soreness and 

 misery which ladies suffer in their efforts to trot, 

 would be obviated if the leaping-head of their 

 saddles were placed as in Fig. 16. 



Although a-well executed trot looks nice, it should 

 be only sparingly indulged in, because it is more 



Fig. 95. Preparing to rise at the trot, with stirrup too long. 



fatiguing to the rider than the canter and is particu- 

 larly liable to give a horse a sore back ; for, do what 

 the lady will to sit " square," the saddle, supposing she 

 rises, cannot fail to have some side motion. Of course 

 the rider should walk or trot, and not canter, on 

 metalled roads and hard ground, but she should always 

 take advantage of any bit of soft "going" and indulge 

 in a nice easy canter on it. 



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