rSo MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. 



few of them will be irritated by the right hand being 

 placed in mounting, on the cantle, especially on its off 

 side. But, as we all know, there are a great number of horses 

 that are ridden every day and are more or less difficult to 

 mount, on account of the disagreeable trick in question, which 

 is much more disconcerting to the man who is in the act of 

 mounting, when his hand is on the pommel, than when it is on 



Fig. 174. Preparing to mount hogged-maned pony. 



the cantle. Consequently, however suitable the former plan 

 may be for animals that are being mounted for the first few 

 times, the latter is the better for general use. 



i. When attempting to mount fidgety horses or ponies 

 which have hogged manes, we may in the first instance catch 

 the animal by the left ear (in Colonial style), or by the crown- 

 piece of the bridle with the left hand, and then shorten the 

 reins (Fig. 174). 



