PARK RIDING. .)9 



whip remaining in your left hand), and your left 

 breast presented towards the horse ; place your 

 left foot in the stirrup, take a spring from the 

 ball of the right foot, your left knee pressed 

 against the saddle gives leverage, and holding by 

 the cantle or back part of the saddle, throw your 

 right leg over the horse, and fall into your seat, 

 taking care not to touch the horse's side with 

 your toe, place your right foot in the stirrup 

 Avithout looking. Change your whip from the 

 left to the right hand, and be careful not to allow 

 your horse to go on until desired. In the act of 

 mounting your dependence must not be placed so 

 much on the hold you have taken of the horse's 

 mane, as on the spring of right foot. The right 

 hand moves from the cantle to the pommel of the 

 saddle. As soon as the right foot is placed in the 

 stirrup, which should be done without the help of 

 eye or hand, the right knee closes the saddle and 

 the seat is taken, and you require no force or 

 strength to keep you in it — your weight will do 

 that. 



