The Lady's Seat, 35 



The rider should feel that her weight is 

 pressing naturally and perpendicularly upon the 

 back of the horse. The hips should be slightly 

 inclined inward, and the right knee pressed firmly, 

 but gently, down betwixt the crutch and the saddle. 

 The crutch is merely the support for the leg, and 

 is not intended to assist the rider in any other 

 way. On no account must it be used to keep the 

 body in the right position ; the balance must be 

 maintained without regard to the crutcli. Many 

 ladies look to the crutch as a kind of safety-peg 

 intended to prop them up, or prevent their falling 

 off. The habit of thus regarding the crutch 

 begets a false and injurious reliance, which is very 

 prejudicial to good riding; and no rider, while it 

 lasts, will ever become a horsewoman. 



Many other bad results follow from this 



