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As the horse is landing the rider can easily lean 

 his body back; or if he thinks his horse will 

 drop his hind-legs in a ditch, he can still keep 

 his weight forward to assist his horse. In 



W. A. Rouen Copyiight 



Fig. is 



Fugleman and Manaton dead-heat for the Newbury Cup 1507. It is interesting to 

 compare the positions of ihe horses with the diagrams of the liorse galloping. It is 

 now realized that the horse is assisted in his gallop by carrying the weight of the rider 

 forward as seen in the picture. The reason for this is obvious if one examines the 

 locomotive action of the horse in diagram 5,6, 6a,7. Wi'hthe modern seat it appears 

 that horses are 1 -ss und r control th in was previously the case 



either case his weight will not go beyond the 

 horse's centre of gravity. 



The hands should be kept low the whole time 

 and the horse should not be pulled up abruptly 

 on landing, for fear he should mistake it for 



punishment. 



