ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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FIG. 



145- 

 146. 

 147. 

 148. 

 149. 

 150. 



151- 

 152. 



153- 



154- 

 155- 



156. 



157- 

 158. 



159- 

 160. 

 161. 



162. 



163. 



164. 

 165. 



166. 

 167. 

 168. 



169. 

 170. 

 171. 

 172. 



173- 



g of 



Persian side iron 



Spade side iron 



Round leg iron 



Weston's patent safety bar and buckle 



Girth buckle with cross bar 



„ „ without cross bar . 

 Horse properly saddled and bridled 

 Twisting stirrup leather 

 Shortening a girth 



Tightening the girths when mounted 

 Using a stirrup leather, the sevvin 



become undone . 

 Drawing up iron on leather 

 A rein in each hand . 

 Single reins crossed in both hands 

 Single reins crossed in one hand 



Double reins held separately in two hands 



„ ,, crossed in both hands with the 

 fingers between them . . . 



Double reins crossed in both hands with the 

 (third) finger between them . 



Holding double reins crossed in one hand 



Double reins in left hand : one crossed, the 

 hooked up on middle finger 



Shortening single reins held in one hand . 



Reins held m one hand in military fashion 



Off rein taken up by right hand from position 

 in Fig. 167 



Tying up one rein ..... 



Measuring length of stirrup leathers . 



Preparing to mount ..... 



Bringing horse's head round to near side 

 mounting ...... 



Covering a horse's near eye with cap 



which has 



little 

 ring 



other 

 shown 



when 



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