42 HOW TO EIDE 



stirrups, to be thrown up by the 

 motion of the horse, letting his weight 

 sink back into the saddle in time to 

 take the next impetus of the gait. 

 The shoulders should be held easy, 

 but in rest ; and the legs should hang 

 straight down from the knee, and must 

 not be permitted to work along the 

 sides of the horse. 



The Gallop. 



In the gallop, which is a succession 

 of leaps, the rider will lean shghtly 

 back, so that the buttocks will be 

 carried well under him, and hold the 

 body without stiffness. The positions 

 of the body must, however, always 

 conform to the action of the horse, and 



