PARK RIDING. 27 



To alter the stirrup in the canter. 



Change your whip into the left hand, pull the 

 stirrup leather which is on the right side of saddle 

 with the last three fingers of right hand, keeping 

 the forefinger upon the tongue of the buckle, to 

 place it where agreeable, then change hands again 

 with whip. 



To jump in the canter. 



Sit close to the saddle well back, but not lean- 

 ing back off your balance ; da not pull your horse 

 but rather give him his head ; the crutch must be 

 your dependence in rising, your leg when landing. 

 Do not allow any of your weight to rest or bear 

 on the stirrup. 



To stop from the canter. 



To do this well, is another perfection in rid- 

 ing; throw yourself back at the moment the 

 horse's forelegs are coming to the ground, at the 

 end of the cadence, press the horse's side with 

 your leg, the reins drawn to the body, the 



