MODERN RIDING. 



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The pupil is to be taught to dismount with- 

 out stirrups on either side of the horse, by 

 throwing the weight of the body on the hands, 

 which must be placed on the pummel, and by 

 a spring, raising the body out of the saddle 

 before the leg is brought over the horse. 



Section III. — Of Disposing the Reins. 



The pupil should then divide the reins, 

 placing them between the third and fourth 

 fingers of each hand, the end of the reins 

 being thrown over the fore fingers, the thumb 

 closed on them, and the fingers shut. 



When afterwards further advanced, he 

 holds the reins in the left hand as they are at 

 first taken up. 



