18 RIDING AKD TRAINING SADDLE-H0ESE8. 



comes almost a second nature to assume it whenever in 

 the saddle. As many of our readers are not familiar 

 with the wonderful comic pictures of John Leach, in 

 which the good and bad seat on horseback are better 



Fig. 2.— A SECURE SEAT. 



shown than anywhere else, we reproduce here two that 

 will answer our purpose. 



Figure 1 shows the stiff and awkward bearing of an 

 unaccustomed rider, who has hired a livery-stable horse 



