82 PARK RIDING. 



DISMOUNTING. 



Put the whip into your left hand point down- 

 wards, steady yourself down the same as up, the 

 left hand holding the reins, the left side forward 

 about twelve inches from the saddle, slightly feel- 

 ing the horse's mouth, the right hand placed on 

 the pommel, the body kept erect, steady the body 

 with the cantle, as in mounting, the right hand 

 back upwards, take hold of the reins as the right 

 foot quits the stirrup, then place them in left 

 hand not too tight, take a lock of the mane with 

 the left hand, same as in mounting. 



