SADDLING A HORSE. 



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done on the off side, sufficient space for that purpose 

 will have to be left on the girth-straps of that side. 

 After the rider has been put up, the girths should be 

 again tightened, and it is generally advisable to repeat 



Fig. 31. — Foot caught,' on account of its having been put into the stirrup 



from the wrong side. 



this operation after she has ridden her horse for a 

 short time, especially if the animal has the trick of 

 ''blowing himself out." With a F'itzwilliam girth, 

 the narrow girth which goes over the broad one is 

 passed through the loop of the martingale or breast- 

 strap, supposing that one or both of these appliances 



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