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HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



accomplished unless the rider had been perfectly 

 balanced, with both reins and stirrups of the proper 

 length. 

 The next sketch is a position which we have all 



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Sketch No. 16 



This is a position which all of us have been in some time or 

 another. It is due to the body not having been sufficiently far 

 forward as the horse took off. So that the rider has been " left 

 behind." In order to save the situation he has hung on to the 

 reins, and the horse has had a bad jab in the mouth. The result 

 is that he has thrown up his head, which has caused his hind 

 legs to actually land before his fore legs, with the sad conse- 

 quences I have here tried to depict. 



seen frequently. It is of a horse landing over a 

 fence with his hind legs reaching the ground before 

 his front legs. This phenomenon occurs because 

 the rider is sitting back, and has also jabbed his 



