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are turned in towards the horse, and weight is 

 put on the stirrups, it will be found that the 



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Fig. 17 



A free fencer jumping at the gallop, and from the impetus thus gained there is no 



great necessity to help the horse by keeping the rider's weight forward on the 



saddle 



knees are mechanically forced away from the 



saddle. 



The important points with regard to the seat 



described are : 



(i) The weight during the actual jump is 

 fixed roughly over the horse's centre of 



