as well as my own. For the sudden 
weight I put on the upper side as I swung 
off enabled him to recover his balance 
just in time. I do not pretend to say 
that I can dismount from the off side 
as easily as from the near, because I am 
not accustomed to it. But I have fre- 
quently done it in emergencies, while a 
side-saddle leaves one helpless in this 
case as in many others. 
Besides being unable to mount and 
dismount without assistance it is very 
difficult to get side-saddle broken horses, 
and it usually means a horse so broken 
| in health and spirits that he does not 
care what is being strapped on his back 
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and dangling on one side of him only. 
And to be on such an animal means 
that you are on the worst mount of the 
| outfit, and I am sure that it requires 
| little imagination on any one’s part to 
