MOUNTING. 



On approaching a horse, the skirt of the habit should 

 be gracefully gathered up, and the whip be carried in 

 the right hand. 



It is the groom's duty, when the rider approaches, 

 to gather up the reins with his left hand, smoothly and 

 evenly, the curb rem between, and somewhat tighter 

 than the bridoon, properly dividing them with his fore- 

 finger. The lady advancing, on the near side of 

 the horse, to the saddle, receives them a little more 

 forward than the point of the horse's shoulder, with 

 her right hand, which still retains and passes the whip 

 over the saddle to the ojf or right side. On taking the 



