MODERN RIDING. 



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CHAP. II. 



OF DISMOUNTING BY DISTINCT STEPS. 



Dismounting is to disengage oneself from 

 tlie horse in like manner. 



First, the whip is to be returned into the 

 left hand. 



The right hand takes hold of the rein above 

 the left. The right foot quits the stirrup. 



The right hand holding the rein, the left 

 slides forward on it, about twelve inches from 

 the saddle, feeling the horse's mouth very 

 lightly. 



The right hand dropping the reins to the 

 off side, takes a lock of the mane, brings it 

 through the left, twists it round the left thumb. 

 The fingers of the left hand close on it. 



