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SIDE-SADDLES. 



for its Inner iron always retains its connection with 

 the outer one, and can be replaced without delay, 

 if the ladv after her tumble desires to remount. 

 The Latchford, Scott ordinary, and Cope safety 

 stirrup (Figs. 25 and 26) open only one way, so 

 that the foot, when correctly placed in any of them, 

 may not be liable, as in the event of a fall, to be 



Fig. 22. — Latchford stirrup. 



Fig. 23. — Scott's stirrup. 



forced through the outer iron, in which case the 

 lady would almost to a certainty get hung up 

 if her saddle w^as not provided with a safety 

 bar. In these stirrups, the side of the "tread,"* 

 which ought to be to the rear, is generally indicated 

 by the fact of its being straight, while the other 



* The "tread" is the part of the stirrup-iron on which the sole of the rider's 

 boot rests. 



