i8 HOW TO RIDE 



other, from the ankle-joint, with an out- 

 ward and then an inward movement. 

 The improvement in this exercise may be 

 measured by the facility with which the 

 pupil can gain his stirrups by the action 

 of the feet only. 



To Mount. 



Standino; at the shoulder of the horse, 

 facino- the near side, with the left hand 

 seize a lock of the mane close to the 

 crest, the hairs passing down through 

 tlie hand, the thumb uppermost. 



With the right hand grasp the pommel 

 of the saddle, the lino-ers under the 

 tree, the tliumb extended towards the 

 ground. 



Leave the ground with a spring and 



