20 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



No. 4, we mil see that this position is almost 

 similar to the attitude that should be adopted 

 in the saddle. In the first ease we see the rider 

 as he should be when trotting. Here he only 

 expects but a slight variation of speed in the 

 steady pace at which the horse is going. His 

 position is, therefore, similar to that of a man 

 about to make only a very small standing jump. 

 Li the second sketch the rider has anticipated the 

 very strong thrust, or propelling power, the horse 

 put into force as he took off for the jump, and 

 represents the position of a rider when a horse is 

 making an exceptionally powerful leap. It will be 

 seen that the rider's attitude is the same as when 

 about to make as long a standing jump as possible, 

 as depicted in sketch No. 5. In both of these 

 sketches it should be noted that the hang of the 

 stirrup-leather line is perpendicular. In the first 

 sketch, where the horse is at the trot, it will be 

 seen that the iron should rest on the foot very 

 nearly in the " home " position. In the second 

 it rests on the ball of the foot. This rather interest- 

 ing fact is confirmed both in theory and in practice. 

 If we look at the two sketches of the man about 

 to jump, it will be seen that in the first sketch 

 his heels are hardly off the ground at all, which 

 is similar to the position of the iron when mounted 

 at the trot, where it hangs far back on the foot. 

 As he increases his effort at springing, vide sketch 

 No. 5, he gets more on to his toes, and so, similarly, 

 do his irons get further forward as the effort of 

 the horse increases. In practice, when a horse is 



