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THE AMERICAN HORSEWOMAN. 



their friends suppose them, but having all the 

 confidence of ignorance they ride fast and boldly 

 and with a certain abandon that is pleasing ; 



Fig. 23. — Incorrect position of legs and feet. Side view. 



but by those who understand what good riding 

 is, they must always be regarded as very faulty 

 riders. 



Another common fault, against which we have 

 already warned the reader, is that of riding 

 with too short a stirrup-leather, thus pressing 

 the left knee up against the third pommel, 

 carrying the left heel backward and slightly 



