28 PARK RIDING. 



haunches of the horse to be pressed forward so as 

 to bear on the bit. Some equestrians stop in 

 twice, which is called the double arret. 



When a lady wishes her horse to back, she 

 must draw the reins towards her body ; immedi- 

 ately he obeys, yield to him by giving the reins 

 every time you pull, keep him straight by the leg 

 and whip. 



Dismounting. 



The lady disengages her habit from the saddle 

 . and her foot from the stirrup, and moving her leg 

 out of the crutch, sits sideways on her saddle. 

 Put the whip into the left hand point downwards. 

 Give both hands with a slight inclination of the 

 body forward, to the gentleman in attendance, 

 and quitting the saddle, alight on the toe or ball 

 of foot to break the shock, the groom standing at 

 the horse's head. A lady may alight gracefully 

 and easily, by giving her right hand (the left 



