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really well without an independence of his 

 bridle and a firmness of seat, which is all the 

 more useful that it soon becomes unconscious. 

 The variety of positions assumed by a polo- 

 player in the course of a game show how much 

 can be done from the saddle, and they give a 

 firmness of grip, combined with a HexilMlity of 

 the body from the waist upwards, which, so far 

 as I know, can be obtained in no other way. 

 But these considerations, perhaps, belong to 

 another chapter of this book and I may now 

 turn to consider how the man who has mastered 

 the elements of the art of riding can apply his 

 knowledge. 



