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SIDE-SADDLES. 



in the case of a young girl), the rider may get dragged 

 in the event of a fall, by the foot going through the 

 stirrup. Accidents caused by a foot going through a 

 stirrup have often occurred to men from falls when 

 hunting and steeplechasing. 



Some ladies think it '' smart " to ride with a man's 



Fig. 27. — Scott's stirrup. 



ordinary stirrup iron, or (madder still) with a small 

 racing stirrup, attached to a leather which does not 

 come out. I once saw a lady who adopted this sense- 

 less plan fall and get dragged. By an extraordinary 

 piece of good luck she was saved from a horrible death 

 by her boot coming off. 



All that can be said in favour of safety stirrups, is 



