IIS" THE SADDLE. 



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weight is supported on the seat, behind the hips, and the 

 spine has a tendency to curve outward, and the shoulders 

 and chest to droop forward. On the stool, the legs hang- 

 ing down, the weight is supported more directly under 

 the hips, the spine is curved inward, and the head and 





Fio'. 1.— AN INSECURE SKAT. 



chest are more easily thrown backward. This is the 

 position assumed by a good horseman ; the weight of the 

 upper part of tlie body being suiDported on an inward- 

 curving and flexible spine. And it is the position to 

 which the learner must so accustom himself that it be- 



