MODERN RIDING. 



163 



inclination, will give the corresponding posi- 

 tion, by which to support the attitude the 

 horse is to work in, and maintain your balance 

 undisturbed. 



To make this more easy and effective, ad- 

 vance the outer hip, and retain the inner one. 

 This will turn the inner thigh a little out, and 

 the outer thigh more in. The inner leg, by 

 this means, will be brought nearer the horse, 

 to aid and drive the croupe out; and the 

 outer thigh will be in a position to support 

 the balance,— for the horse being bent, and 

 working to the convex side, the rider's body 

 is thereby impelled inward, till such time as 

 he acquires the method of supporting his 

 balance by the muscles in the outer thigh. 



The outer hand, as already said, is to be 

 placed forward, to admit the horse bending 

 himself to the inner hand. It is likewise to 

 be placed so high, that the shoulder, elbow, 

 and wrist, are in a horizontal situation, — the 

 arm forming a graceful arch, — and the fin- 

 gers being soft and pliant, that the operations 



M 2 



