POSITION OF A LADY OX HORSEBACK. 59 



Ladies' riding-habit skirts should not be 

 confined with any strap or ribbon attached to 

 the saddle, but by some other means, if any- 

 thing is necessary. The skirt pinned in a fold, 

 and separately confined, is adviseable, in case 

 of accidents. Riding dresses have been much 

 improved of late. 



The Position of a Lady on Horseback should 

 be erect, easy, elastic, and graceful ; the chest 

 projecting, loins bent, elbows always down and 

 steady, and shoulders and back equally "square" 

 to the front, as if she were not, with her limbs, 

 sitting sideways. She should sit firmly and 

 equally upon her seat, and not as if hitched to, 

 or suspended on, one side of the horse, nor 

 yet too far over on the other side. The right 

 limb should form nearly a right-angle over the 

 crutch or head of the saddle, but the knee should 

 not be raised ; the upper part of the limb should 

 rest wholly upon the saddle ; the left limb, with 

 the knee bent and turned inwards, and foot 

 advanced — toe up and heel down, parallel to 

 the horse's side in the stirrup, which must be 

 proportionately fitted, so as to support her on 



