AGAIN MOUNTED HORSE IN MOTION. 35 



Dismounting in quick time (without the 

 pauses). 



1st, Draw up rein. 



2nd, Throw over the end of it, and fill left 

 hand with mane, and take right foot 

 out of stirrup. 



3rd, Spring up from saddle, on left foot 

 in stirrup, bring right leg over to 

 left leg. 



4th, Descend. 



The rider having again mounted, the horse 

 may be put into motion; for which purpose 

 the bridoon-rein may be used by a learner in 

 early stages of practice, with the curb-rein 

 loose in the palm of the hand (as bridoon is 

 described in page 30) and the stirrups dis- 

 pensed with by crossing them over the horse's 

 withers, if in the circle of a private paddock 

 or riding-school ; if on the road, however, 

 subject to interruptions, use the stirrups, but 

 frequently take the feet out of them, whenever 

 opportunities occur, so as to acquire, by de- 

 grees, the independence of not relying on them 

 for support ; and to ensure the preservation 



