MODERN RIDING. 



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Plate XXVIII. illustrates the seat, &c. in 

 road riding. 



In road riding, the rule of taking the right 

 hand of all you pass is well known; but 

 there are some exceptions which are noticed 

 by Mr. Bunbury, as follows, in his ironical 

 style. 



" In riding the road, observe, in passing a 

 whisky, a phaeton, or a stage coach, in short, 

 any carriage where the driver sits on the 

 right hand, to pass it on that side, he may 

 not see you on the other, and though you 

 may meet with a lash in the eye, what is the 

 loss of an eye to a leg, or perhaps neck. — 

 Should a man on horseback be on the road, 

 and leading another horse, always dash by 

 the led one; you might otherwise set the 

 man s horse capering, and perhaps throw him 

 off; and you can get but a kick or two by 

 observing my instructions. — In passing a wag- 

 gon or any tremendous equipage, should it 

 run pretty near a bank, and there be but a 

 ditch, and an open country on the other side, 



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