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the movements of the horse, as I shall try to explain later on. 

 In this compromise, the length and shape of the rider's legs 

 will naturally have to be considered. Thus, a short-legged 

 man will have to ride with comparatively longer stirrups than 

 a long-legged individual. 



Fig. 182. Sitting easily. 



Fig. 183. Back hollowed out. 



In order to obtain all the adherence that is possible from 

 friction between the thighs and saddle, the rider should get 

 down into the saddle as much as he can. In fact, one of the 

 great advantages of practising riding bare-backed, or on a 

 saddle without stirrups, is that it forces the rider into the 



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