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for a rider being " left behind " under such a cir- 

 cumstance, but did he not keep his knees pointed 

 all the time I should most certainly deduct marks 

 for style. 



There is another occasion which has the appear- 



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Sketch No. 20 



This sketch is intended to represent the extreme position at 

 which a jockey can remain in the saddle. The position is similar, 

 though more acute, to the rider in the preceding sketch. It is 

 interesting to note that his attitude is nearly identical with that 

 of the man I have depicted who is supposed to have made a 

 big jump ofi his feet across a drain, and who has slipped upon 

 landing. Had this man's body not been well forward through- 

 out the course of his leap, he would have fallen backwards into 

 the water. 



I can only ask my readers to imagine where the jockey would 

 be, were he leaning back in a situation such as this. He would 

 not have been able to keep his knee " pointed," and the shock 

 of impact would, consequently, have driven him clean out of 

 the saddle. 



ance of bad horsemanship, which is not really so. 

 When putting a " nappy " horse at a fence, it 

 occasionally happens that he gives the rider all the 

 " feel " and assurance that he is going to jump, 



