IS THE SADDLE. 



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trees. We shall not here discuss the construction of sad- 

 dles, hut the beginner will he most likely to use the 

 saddle that he can get most conTeniently. "Whether this 

 is a "McClellan" saddle, figure 4, a Mexican, figure 5, 



Fig. 4.— MCCLELLAN SADDLE. 



or the hetter English saddle, figure 6, or the Whitman, 

 is not very important at the commencement. 



Precisely as he has schooled his muscles to the require- 

 ments of his new position without the aid of stirrups, so 

 must the learner now learn to make proper use of them, 

 and he should attempt nothing further until he has 

 learned how to use these accessories — ^that is, how to use 

 them as accessories only, not as an essential dependence. 

 Their most important office is to rest the legs, and to 



