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left stirrup ; the rider should therefore counteract 

 this, by pressing his right seat bone into the 

 saddle, feeling the right stirrup, and so keep 

 himself square and well down in the saddle. 

 A lady should also be careful to keep her right 

 hip and shoulder well back. 



When cantering, leading with the right leg 

 or starting the canter on that leg, the horse 

 places his weight on his near fore and off hind 

 leg, which should also support his rider's 

 weight, the rider therefore should press more or 

 less on the left rein, touch the neck with the 

 right rein, and put his or her weight on the right 

 seat bone, sinking it well into the saddle. In the 

 same way when trotting on the left diagonals, 

 the rider should put his weight on the right 

 seat bone, rising and falling principally on it. 



A lady should be particularly careful to 

 keep the greater part of her weight on the right 

 side of the saddle, so as to secure a square, 

 upright, firm seat. 



Spurs are worn either for ornament or use, 

 but in neither case need the necks exceed 

 2 inches in length, except in the case of very 

 long legged men. As regards the question of 

 sharp rowels or blunt, Baucher writes : — " If I 

 myself obtained with a sharp spur all the 

 different airs of the High School, I could not 



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