. Riding and driving for women . Side-Saddle, Position Rising, Hands and Body Forward be held as far apart as the loop in the reins willallow. The position of the body and legs is the same asI have described in chapter I, but, if anything,the stirrups should be one or two holes shorter thanfor ordinary riding, so as to have the left knee well 65 RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN bent and the leaping horn touching the left leg aboutfive inches above the knee. When approaching a jump the horse should bekept well in hand and should be gathered about twostrides before the take-off. The moment he takes.
. Riding and driving for women . Side-Saddle, Position Rising, Hands and Body Forward be held as far apart as the loop in the reins willallow. The position of the body and legs is the same asI have described in chapter I, but, if anything,the stirrups should be one or two holes shorter thanfor ordinary riding, so as to have the left knee well 65 RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN bent and the leaping horn touching the left leg aboutfive inches above the knee. When approaching a jump the horse should bekept well in hand and should be gathered about twostrides before the take-off. The moment he takes. Astride, Position of Legs, Hands, and Body at Top of Jump off he should be given his head by dropping the handsand carrying them well forward with the elbowsnearly straight. This will carry the body well for-ward, and both body and hands should be kept in thisposition until the horse has cleared the jump, whenthe body should be thrown back, so that, when the 66 HUNTING horse lands, the riders body will be well back inthe position that it was before he took off. In jumping, the reins should never be long andmust always be held at such length that if the horsetouches or stumbles he can be pulled up, and this canonly be done by carrying the hands well forward inthe way I have described. They must be carried for-ward in order to give him his head, for, when a horsecomes to a jump, he throws his head very far for-ward so as to get his balance and exert his greateststrength. What I have said above applies equally to a horsethat rushes his jumps, to one that takes them in hisstride, and to o
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