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mouth sideways, if lie retain himself or run hack- 

 ward, if he carry his head very low, and endeavor 

 to force the hand, if he fear the impression of the 

 bit, have no appui, toss his head up and down, or 

 refuse to advance and go forward, interrupting his 

 manege with various disorders, he gives evident 

 reason to suspect that the bit is not properly 

 adapted to his mouth, and hurts it, either within 

 side or without. 



. THE STIRRUP. 



The pupil having been instructed in the use of 

 the different aids, and how to maintain her seat, 

 and to ride with ease to herself in the proper 

 equilibrium without the stirrup, may be considered 

 sufficiently advanced to be permitted to ride with it. 



The proper length of the stirrup is, when the 

 upper edge of the bottom bar of the iron, or of 

 the slipper, reaches one finger's breadth below the 

 inner ankle bone. 



The position on horseback with a stirrup differs 

 in nothing from that described for the position 

 without a stirrup; except that, the thigh being 

 relieved from the weight of the leg and foot by 

 their resting on the stirrup, the knee will be a 

 little bent. 



