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over his work. Pull your mount together, so 

 as to throw his weight upon his haunches, not 

 upon his shoulders. Keep your reins close in 

 hand. Eise, so that you shall be out of the 

 saddle when his off fore-leg is thrown out, 

 and I do not think you will have much to 

 complain of from the annoyance occasioned 

 by the double rise. 



I have dwelt upon this subject because so 

 many have asked me privately for a cure for 

 it, and I have surmised that numerous others, 

 who have not had opportunity — nor perhaps 

 courage — to ask, will nevertheless be pleased 

 to receive a hint. 



It has also been inquired of me whether 

 there is any remedy for that excessively 

 unsightly practice of sticking out the right 

 foot when in the saddle, as we have seen so 

 many ladies do, until the toe is positively 

 almost resting upon the horse's neck. There 

 is, of course, a remedy ; a nlost effectual one. 

 Don't do it. It is quite possible and even easy 

 to keep the right leg as close to the saddle as 

 the left, the toe pointing downward, and the 

 knee well bent. I know, however, that in 



