6o TRAINING YOUNG 



I once asked a well-known officer after a race 

 how he managed to fall at the first fence. He 

 told me that he was trying the Italian seat. 

 Of course it was rather a bad occasion to 



By permission of Capt. Paid Rodzankj 

 Fig. i8 

 An exaggerated forward seat typical of show jumping 



experiment with a new style, still one does see 

 it done chasing now, and always over hurdles. 

 Personally I think people are apt to be misled 

 by watching show jumping, when the rider 

 sometimes brings his body iiiore forioard as 

 the horse is clearing the fence and coining 



