. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. will prove a sure cure for dys-pepsia in its worst form, if onewill but persevere in the de-lightful recreation. But someone wull say, Oh, I cannot ridehorseback ; it is too violent anexercise. And why ? Simplybecause the attempt is madewithout any knowledge of theart, if it may be so called. Thefundamental principle of the artof learning to ride is to learnone thing at a time, and learnto do that well, before attempt-ing to do anything else. Thefirst thing to learn is how to situpon a h
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. will prove a sure cure for dys-pepsia in its worst form, if onewill but persevere in the de-lightful recreation. But someone wull say, Oh, I cannot ridehorseback ; it is too violent anexercise. And why ? Simplybecause the attempt is madewithout any knowledge of theart, if it may be so called. Thefundamental principle of the artof learning to ride is to learnone thing at a time, and learnto do that well, before attempt-ing to do anything else. Thefirst thing to learn is how to situpon a horse. One should be-come perfectly at home in asaddle upon a constantly mov-ing horse, so that whether itwalks, trots, canters, shies, or jumps, he will either not lose, or willimmediately regain, his position. The proper seat is a firm one inthe saddle, with the legs below the knee free, and the body abovethe waist supple and pliable. Whatever movement the horse makes,whether to the right or left, or tipping backward or forward, thehips must conform to it, while the legs from the knees downward (286). Fig. — Horseback-riding. PRACTICAL HINTS. 287 are free to obey the riders -vvill, and the upper part of the body re-tains its balance by accommodating itself instinctively to everymovement. If the upper part of the body be kept rigid, its effectwill be to remove the hips from their place in the saddle. If, on theother hand, it be flexible, it will yield and sway with every move-ment, and will be left free to obey the motions of the saddle. In Tommys act of throwing the boys, described in anotherchapter, whenever a boy or young man would sit in the saddlerigidly, with a firm grasp of the mane, no matter how strong or sup-
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