MODERN RIDING. 



CHAP. II. 



OF STIRRUPS. 



The pupil having been instructed in the use 

 of the different aids, and how to maintain his 

 seat, and to ride with ease to himself in the 

 proper equilibrium without Stirrups, may be 

 considered sufficiently advanced to be per- 

 mitted to ride with them. 



The proper length of the Stirrup is, when 

 the upper edge of the bottom bar of the iron 

 reaches one finger's breadth below the inner 

 ankle bone. 



The position on horseback with Stirrups, 

 differs in nothing from that described for the 

 position without Stirrups, except that, the 

 thigh being relieved from the weight of the 



