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drops behind the thigh, without constraint ; 

 he is then able to take the stirrup with the 

 right foot without the help of hand or eye. 



Placing the foot in the Stirrup. 



When the feet are in the stirrups the 

 heels should be well sunk, and the feet 

 retained in the stirrups by an easy play of 

 the ankle and instep, the stirrup to be kept 

 under the ball of the foot. 



Position with Stirrups. 



The position with stirrups is nearly the 

 same as without stirrups, the knee being a 

 little more bent. 



A plummet line falling from the point of 

 the knee should drop directly on the ball 

 of the foot. The foot should be kept in its 

 place by the play of the ankle and instep, 

 the stirrup being under the ball of the foot. 

 The lower edge of the bar is, as a general 

 rule, to be from two and a half to three and 

 a half fingers breadth above the upper edge 

 of the heel of the boot, when the man is 

 sitting in the proper position. The instruc- 

 tor must remember, however, that though 

 he should follow the general rules in fitting 

 the stirrups, a great deal depends on 

 whether the rider has a thin flat thigh, or 

 the reverse. A man with a thick thigh 



