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CHAPTER II. 



ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF THE ART O^ THE 

 MANEGE. 



Manner of Mounting, and Sitting on a liorse. 



Before mounting your horse, you should 

 glance your eye over his whole equipment ,* 

 this examination is the affair of an instant 

 when you have acquired a habit of making it, 

 and may prevent many accidents. You will 

 at first examine if the throat-band is not too 

 tight, or the nose-band too loose ; if the bit is 

 not too high, which will wrinkle the lips, or 

 too low which will make it bear too much on 

 the hooks ; if the curb bears well on the flat 

 side ; if the saddle is not too far forward, or 

 too far behind ; if the girths are not too loose, 

 which will make the saddle turn under the 

 belly of the horse, or too tight, which will 

 make them break, or suffocate the horse ; if 

 the breast-leather is well placed, the crupper 

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