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on some little time, as the horse's back 

 goes down and the girths relax. I 

 am in favour of this adjustment, as by 

 pulling from the far side it helps to keep 

 the saddle in place. Where a safety 

 bar and fixed stirrup only is used, the 

 girths will still require tightening, or 

 sore backs will ensue. My girls ride any 

 fresh horses I happen to buy straight 

 off; I never find the horses take much 

 exception to the novelty. But there is 

 just a danger of a horse rolling when 

 standing about the first few times, with 

 the extra tightness of ladies' girths and 

 the novel pressure of the stirrup-girth, 

 which is further back than they have 

 been accustomed to. 



My third essential towards the " com- 

 plete horseman," viz. Plucky conveys 

 its own meaning pretty well. If you 

 are short of it you can buy some — 



