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horsemanship, especially among the younger men. 

 The game perfects the balance, gives freedom to the 

 body, teaches us (sometimes) to have a light hand, 

 and makes a man sit close yet easily in his saddle. 

 As Dick Christian said, it " makes them set at liberty 

 on a horse. A man's body should be all loose but he 

 should be firm in his thigh. You shouldn't be able 

 to see under 'em when you're behind 'em." There is 

 the polo and the hunting seat in a nutshell ! 



