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from a salver, handed you by a servant, holding 

 them in your hand nearly open, that by closing 

 the hand you may shorten them two or three 

 inches; allow your arm to drop gracefully by 

 your side, to work past your waist, then with a 

 fine hand, quiet and light to preserve the appui, 

 the curb rein in left or bridle hand, and the snaffle 

 rein held loosely at the end of the rein in right 

 hand, down by the saddle, with the whip, which 

 in stylish riding should be held point upwards. 



The proper length of the stirrup " is when the 

 upper edge of the bottom bar of the iron reaches 

 one finger's breadth below the ankle bone." It is 

 by an easy play of the ankle and instep, that the 

 stirrup is retained and position fireserved. The 

 position of the right leg being governed by the 

 crutch, which is a lady's chief dependence, re- 

 quires no direction. The rider's head should be 

 slightly advanced, and be held free, firm, and 

 easy ; her shoulders thrown back, chest advanced; 

 the upper part of the arm should hang perpendi- 

 cularly from the shoulder, and the lower part 



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