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HORSES AND RIDING. 



the subject of ladies' riding, &C.5 I will here mention 

 that the best, and indeed the only safe, ladies' stirrup, 

 in mj opinion, that I have seen, is the one called 

 Latchford's patent ladies' stirrup, and consists of a 

 very small stirrup inside a very large one. In the 

 event of a fall the smaller stirrup becomes disen- 

 gaged from the larger one and sets the rider's foot 

 at liberty (fig. 14). 



The stirrup-leather should pass over the stirrup- 



FiG. 14. 



bar, then through a hole in the saddle-flap, under 

 the horse's body, and be buckled to a tongue on the 

 off side of the saddle. By this means every time the 

 rider rises on her stirrup the pressure is divided 

 between the near and off side of the saddle, and 

 tends to prevent the saddle from either turning or 

 giving the horse a sore back. Care, however, must 

 be taken to remove the metal roller that is generally 

 placed on the stirrup-bar attached to the saddle ; if 

 you do not do this the stirrup-leather will be cut in 



