THE SEAT 



It is in the seat, in the rider's 

 poise, in his posture v/hen sitting 

 in the saddle on the horse, in the 

 carriage of his body and in his 

 manner of riding that personality 

 and charm are reflected and the 

 skill and the mastery of the 

 mount most clearly portrayed. 



Don Quixote understood the 

 meaning of this kind of good rid- 

 ing. In one of his lectures to San- 

 cho he said '*the seat on a horse's 

 back makes some people look 

 like gentlemen and others like 

 grooms." These words convey 

 an unquestioned meaning as to 

 what one ought to do and how^ to 

 do it w^hen riding a horse. 



When a rider becomes thor- 

 oughly at home on a horse he will 

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