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Stand facing the horse's head, and offer your left foot 

 to the groom, and instantly spring straight to the 

 saddle. Never count one, two, three. In the case 

 of a fresh and impatient horse this counting causes 

 a lot of tiresome irritations and false mounts. This 



Photo by] 



[Miss Noble. 



FIG. 23.— CORRECT POSITION. 



method of mounting leaves the groom perfectly free 

 and able to seize the horse if he starts off a little 

 too soon, and allows the lady to step quickly aside 

 and get clear of the prancing steed until once more 

 ' quiet reigns supreme.' 



Fig. 21 is an excellent example of what I consider, 



