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THE CARE OF HORSES 



feet. So many ladies ride as in Fig. 24, which 

 throws them round in the saddle, as shown in Fig. 25 

 from which false position many evils arise. The 

 central balance is lost, the grip is weak on the 

 pommels, the whole effect very ugly, and the strain 

 of riding increased a hundredfold both on the horse 

 and rider, and constant riding in this position tends 



Photo by\ \W. Shawcross. 



FIG. 26 —INJURED WITHERS, THE RESULT OF A WRONG POSITION. 



to enlarge the right hip, to say nothing of wringing 

 the horse's withers, as Fig. 26 very painfully illus- 

 trates. 



During the trot sit erect and rise upwards, never 

 forwards or sideways. A lady's shoulders should be 

 perfectly parallel with her horse's ears, and the 

 stirrup under the tread of the foot, not under the 

 hollow. A straight and correct seat, one that makes 

 the rider look ' one with her horse,' should be exactly 



