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center, adhering of course to the injunction that the 

 rider's weight should be placed in the middle of the 

 saddle, and the girths attached directly in its middle. 

 Major Dwyer is undoubtedly correct in objecting to what 

 is called the chair-seat, where the rider sits far back on 

 the saddle and supports his legs by stirrups attached near 

 its front ; and his illustration of the sort of seat that is 



Fig. 7.— THE MODERN MILITARY SEAT. 



best (see fig. 7), is certainly very good indeed, and may 

 well be taken as a model of elegance, ease, and safety for 

 the imitation of the learner. 



Mr. Apperley, a celebrated English authority on fox- 

 hunting, says : " When hounds find and go away, place 

 yourself well down in your saddle, on your fork or twist ; 

 and do not be standing up in your stirrups (as was for- 

 merly the fashion, and the cause of many a dislocated 

 neck), sticking out your rump S;S if it did not belong to 

 you ;" and he accompanies his direction with a very in- 



