THE SADDLE AND BRIDLE, 



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A lady who has once ridden one of these 

 three-pommeled saddles will never care to use 

 any other kind. It renders horseback riding 

 almost perfectly safe, for, if the rider has learned 

 to use it properly, it will be nearly impossible 



Fig. 7. — English Saddle. 



1, second pommel ; 2, third pommel ; 3, shield ; 4, saddle-flap ; 5, cantle ; 6, stir- 

 rup-leather ; 7, stirrup ; 8, girths ; 9, platform. 



for a horse to throw her. It gives her a much 

 firmer seat even than that of a gentleman in his 

 saddle, and at the same time, if rightly used, 

 does not interfere with that easy grace so essen- 

 tial to good riding. In many of our large cities 

 where this saddle is employed twenty lady rid- 

 ers may now be seen in the park or on the road 

 where formerly there was one ; and this is 



