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man's body is of course inclined forward to coun- 

 teract the forces acting against it. A different rea- 

 son dictates to the rider that he should lean forward 

 to rise at the trot. He does this to shift his center 

 of gravity farther forward and therefore more over 

 the fulcrum : i. e., the knees, thus making the body 

 easier to lift. 



In the second case, when the horse leans inwards 

 to turn, the rider's body must be in the same plane 

 — that is to say, at the same angle as the horse's 

 (Plate III). If it remains perpendicular with the 

 ground, as when riding straight forward, the pupil 

 will have a tendency to fall off outwards ; if he leans 

 more inwards than the horse, he will conversely fall 

 off inwards. Therefore when turns are first prac- 

 tised the instructor must center his attention on 

 persuading the pupil to incline his body with that of 

 the horse, exactly as he would on a bicycle ; centri- 

 fugal force alters the plane of the horse's body, and 

 the rider must conform. 



In teaching a man how to poise his body in order 

 to maintain its balance when jumping, the directions 

 given in many books should be disregarded, includ- 

 ing the text-book ( 1907) of the British Army. The 



