38 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



back, his legs fly forward, and, being completely 

 off his balance, his hands swing upwards. All my 

 readers will agree, I am sure, that I have not over- 

 drawn this picture. In fact, as photographs show, 



Sketch No. 8 



Or, you must be " left behind." In which case your body la 

 thrown back, and in order to regain your balance your hands go 

 up and your feet go out. 



the positions that some of us get into are often 

 very much worse than this. Occasionally it occurs 

 actually that the reins are flung over the horse's 

 head. It has occurred to most of us some time or 

 another when landing over a fence, and we recover 

 ourselves to find all four reins on the same side of 



