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rider with the horse inseparably — but in short 

 a rider properly taught and experienced, has 

 only, in the canter and gallop, to sit quite at his 

 ease, and let the horse move under him with- 

 out being himself in the least disturbed. 



Standing in the stirrups during a gallop is 

 a dangerous attitude, and adapted only for a 

 jockey in a race, who thus balances himself 

 on the centre of the saddle (which is the 

 centre of the horse's motion), to render his 

 weight less perceptible to the horse ; and the 

 precarious balance even of a jockey is not only 

 apparent, but proved, when his horse deviates ; 

 standing in the stirrups is therefore only 

 adapted for jockeys by profession, who race 

 " neck or nothing/' and whose dress and 

 figure in some degree become the attitude. 



The Canter and Gallop, with the rider sitting 

 full on his seat, and well " down in his saddle, " 

 (page 33) must be performed by the horse with 

 his right leg foremost — head up, and " well on 

 his haunches " — which is natural to horses 

 and all quadrupeds ; and they all do so unless a 

 rider, with both whip and rein in right hand, — 



