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THE CARE OF HORSES 



and through a long experience have found, to be the 

 easiest, safest, and most gracefully independent way 



of mounting for ladies. 



Fig. 22 shows a very general, but none the less 

 incorrect, method of mounting a lady, some even 



Photo by) 



Ufiss Nobk. 



FIG. 24. — INCORRECT POSITION. 



springing from the right instead of the left foot. 

 In this case neither the lady nor the groom have 

 much control over the horse, and the groom is sadly 

 hampered if the horse is restive. When the rider is 

 up, with the right leg over the pommel, the groom 

 should deftly slip her left foot into the stirrup, taking 

 care that the habit is quite free, and not caught in 



