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THE AMERICAN HORSEWOMAN. 



right foot, and turn a little away from the horse, 

 which should be held by a third person, in the 

 manner described before, in mounting. 



Fig. 18. — Lady ready to dismount. 



Another, and more graceful way of dismount- 

 ing is the following: The gentleman, standing 

 about a foot from his companion and directly 

 facing her, takes in his left hand her bridle, — 

 as near as he can to the horse's mouth, that he 

 may hold him as firmly and securely as possible, 

 — the lady now drops the reins on the horse's 

 neck, disengages her foot from the stirrup, and 



