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muscles, and conveying to the horse the same 

 impulse of feeling which you yourself experience. 

 And the greater the harmony of action, the more 

 complete the circulation of muscular action 

 between horse and rider, the better and easier 

 riding becomes. As soon as a man mounts his 

 horse, the latter — if he is worth anything — braces 

 himself for actual work : the rider should do the 

 same, and never allow his horse to carry him as 

 though he was simply a dummy rider. 



In regard to the value of riding, as a healthy 

 exercise, it is impossible to over-estimate it. It 

 is scarcely an exaggeration to say that nine cases 

 in every ten of bad health which afflict men and 

 women arise from causes which riding effectually 

 removes. It promotes the healthy exercise of all 

 the functions of the body, and stimulates the 



