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rider's body alternately assumes two different positions : one, 

 that of sitting down in the saddle when one particular fore 

 leg (Fig. 197) is in support; and the other, that of standing 

 in the stirrups when the other fore leg bears weight (Fig 198). 

 As a great rule, men, and also ladies, always rise and sit down 

 on the same respective fore legs of the horse they are riding at 

 a trot. I see from an inspection of Figs. 197 and 198, that 

 I sit down when the off fore is on the ground, and stand up, 

 when the near fore is in support. We may see this also in 



Fig. 197. Sitting down at the trot. 



" The Horsewoman," Figs. 93 and 94 shewing photos of a lady 

 executing the trot. It is advisable to acquire the not very 

 difficult knack of being readily able to change the order of 

 rising and sitting down ; because the latter action places more 

 weight on its respective fore leg than the former does ; though 

 we shall not find it so comfortable, as it has a disunited swaying 

 movement which is fatiguing to the rider. The correctness of 

 the statement that riding a horse in the ordinary manner at the 

 trot, puts more weight on one particular fore leg than on the 



