MODERN RIDING. 



The chest should be advanced. 



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The small of the back should be bent a 

 little forward. 



IV. The upper parts of the arms should 

 hang perpendicularly from the shoulders. 



The lower parts should beat right angles 

 with the upper. 



The elbows should be lightly closed to the 

 hips, but without stiffness. 



If the elbows are not kept steady, they 

 will give an uncertainty and fickleness to the 

 hand, sufficient to ruin it for ever. 



The wrist should be rounded a little out- 

 wards. 



The hands should be placed so that the lit- 

 tle fingers may be on a level with the elbows, 

 about four, and never more than six inches 



