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HOW TO RIDE. 



poiut of the horse's shoulder, "tongs across a wall/' and the counteraction is 

 then upwards in the line of the man's thigh, against which the intestines 

 descend, and produce, if there is the slightest natural weakness in the indi- 

 vidual, rupture. The stirrups being far forward in the hunting or civilian 

 saddle are not so injurious in this way, because the rider evades the shock 

 by rising in the saddle — and this is just what led to the English way of 

 riding ; but the cavalry soldier cannot do so. 



