MODERN RIDING. 257 



The rise and return of the body are to be 

 smooth, even, and as regular as the beats of 

 the feet. If you, through inattention lose 

 your time, you get bumped upon the saddle 

 till you fall into it again. 



Though this is called rising in the stirrups, 

 it is to be remembered that no great stress or 

 dependance is to be made on them, 



A person can rise to the trot without the 

 assistance of the stirrup, but not with so much 

 ease to himself, It is, therefore, to be used 

 as such and no more. Thus, when the body 

 is raised from the saddle, the feet have a 

 momentary pressure in the stirrups, which 

 subsides as the body returns to the saddle. 

 If you make more use of the stirrups than 

 this, you risk your own safety ; for an im- 

 proper use of the stirrups occasions many 

 persons to be thrown, and a horse shying- or 

 suddenly turning round would occasion such 

 a disaster. 



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