BUCKJUMPING SADDLE. 



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legs similar to that afforded to the left leg in a side saddle. 

 The seat in it is far more secure than in any Australian 

 buckjumping saddle I have ever ridden in. With it, I ride 

 with the stirrups rather long, so that I might have no 

 difficulty in getting out of the saddle in the event of the 

 horse falling with me. In Figs. 103 and 104, I have taken 



Fig. 104. — Buckjumping saddle. 



off the leather covering of the leaping heads (or horns), 

 so as to show their action more clearly. 



After the horse has been mounted, the rider, in order to 

 confirm the habit of obedience, may walk and trot the 

 animal on the circle round which he had been previously 



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