60 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



fluence the shoulders ; it should be the same 

 with the thighs^ with respect to the body ; 

 the legs^ with respect to the thighs, &c. &c. 

 The displacement and suppling of each part 

 separately being obtained, the chest and 

 seat will be temporarily displaced, in order 

 to teach the rider to recover his proper posi- 

 tion without assistance. This will be done 

 as follows : the instructor, being placed on 

 one side, will push the pupil's hip, so that 

 his seat will be moved out of the seat of the 

 saddle. The instructor will then allow him 

 to get back into the saddle, being careful to 

 watch that, in regaining his seat, he makes 

 use of his hips and knees only, in order to 

 make him use only those parts nearest to 

 his seat. In fact, the aid of the shoulders 

 would soon affect the hand, and this the 

 horse ; the assistance of the legs would have 

 still worse results. In a word, in all the 

 displacements, the pupil must be taught not 



