AND SCHOOL A HORSE. 5 



critical time, and allowing the 

 body, in case of any movement, 

 to fall backwards towards the 

 shoulder of the horse. 

 G. The absence of a reason for any one 

 motion in the method. 



TRE SEAT. 



Upon the seat depends the security 

 of the rider, not only as regards his 

 remaining upon the horse, but in per- 

 mitting him to use that lightness and 

 delicacy of touch that is required to 

 manage and control the horse. It has 

 often been said that this desired lightness 

 of touch is a rare gift, wholly denied to 

 strono- men. But if a man have a seat 



