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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. V. 



It may, then, be taken as a general rule, 

 that whichever side the horse leads with, the 

 rider's thigh on that side must be rather more 

 turned in towards the saddle. This brings 

 the hip on that side more forward, and con- 

 sequently turns the other thigh a little out, 

 and the hip back . 



This turn of the hip effects a turn of the 

 body; and the hands being fixed, and con- 

 sidered a part of the body, are carried with 

 it. 



The rider's head, by a like general rule, is 

 always to be directed to the horse's nose, his 

 eye glancing on the ground the horse's fore 

 feet go over. In the Canter the horse's nose 

 is directed to the ground : the rider's face is 

 consequently the same. 



This position of the rider must be propor- 

 tioned to the position of the horse; that is, 

 as the horse Canters more or less with his 

 croupe in. 



