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GETTING INTO PLACE. 



these peoples who live on horseback be- 

 come skillful in the management of their 

 steeds. Because a circus performer stand- 

 ing upon one leg keeps his horse under 

 circumstances that would prevent a poor 

 rider from keeping in his saddle, it does 

 not follow that the proper way to ride is 

 upon one leg. 



The seat having been found and the 

 stirrups having been adjusted, no changes 

 should be made for the different circum- 

 stances under which the rider will be called 

 upon to exercise his skill. It is bad art 

 when the principles are not suited to every 

 emergency ; and the seat that has been 

 found to be that in which the center of 

 gravity can best be preserved in the high 

 airs of the mandgey where the horse makes 

 the most violent movements of the fore- 



