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THE EQUESTRIAN ART. 259 



— " If you find your thighs are thrown up- 

 wards, open your knees, whereby your fork 



" will come lower on the horfe. Let the hol- 

 low, or inner part of the thighs, grafp the 

 faddle, yet fo as to keep your body in a right 

 poife. Let your heels hang ftrait down, for 

 while your heels are in this pofition, there is 



" no danger of falling.'"' 



The following is an excellent rule : — " If 

 your horfe grows unruly, take the reins fepa- 

 rately, one in each hand, put your arms for- 

 ward, and hold him fhort ; but pull him not 

 hard with your arms low ; for, by lowering 

 his head, he has the more liberty to throw 

 out his heels : but if you raife his head as 

 high as you can, this will prevent him from 

 rifing before or behind ; nor, while his head 

 is in this pofition, can he make either of 



" thefe motions." 



" Is it not reafonable to imagine, that if a 



" horfe is forced towards a carriage which he 



" has ftarted at, he will think he is obliged to 

 attack or run againft it ? Can it be imagined 

 that the rider's fpurring him on, with his face 

 direclly to it, he fhould underftand as a fign 

 to pafs it ?" — Thefe rational queries, I fubmit 



to the ferious confideration of fuch as are fond 



of always obliging their horfes to touch thofe 



objefts, at which they are, or affeci to be 



frightened. 



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