Gymnastics and rope climbing . allowing the feet to touchthe ground or the arms to be bent,and, if possible, the legs should like-wise be kept perfectly straight, butnot 8ii:S^. The body must in this ex-ercise be leaned a little forward eachtime the leg is carried over the horse,which will make the exercise muchmore easy to achieve. This is called the Swinging Exer-cise, or the Saddle Vaulting Move-ment. Proceed as in the last exercise |^but three (Fig. 50), but instead of resting between the change, lean the body forward to throw yourwhole weight upon the arms, then, while bringing the rightl
Gymnastics and rope climbing . allowing the feet to touchthe ground or the arms to be bent,and, if possible, the legs should like-wise be kept perfectly straight, butnot 8ii:S^. The body must in this ex-ercise be leaned a little forward eachtime the leg is carried over the horse,which will make the exercise muchmore easy to achieve. This is called the Swinging Exer-cise, or the Saddle Vaulting Move-ment. Proceed as in the last exercise |^but three (Fig. 50), but instead of resting between the change, lean the body forward to throw yourwhole weight upon the arms, then, while bringing the rightleg back,give the body a kind of turn towards the opposite end of tho horse,and throw the left leg over it, when your face will be towards thetail of the horse. Now, to reverse the motion, lean forward as before,and on the body turning round throw the rightleg oxer again, thelegs each time describing a semi-circle. When able to accomplishthis with ease, practice it with a quicker movement, which w giveit the nature of a GYMNASTIOS. Spring up and carry the right knee over the saddle, between thepommels, jump down and springing: up again directly carry the leftbetween them; then jump down, and on springing up this time carryboth knees over the saddle at once, and kneel upright upon the horse,letting go the pommels while doing so (Fig. 51). Grasp the pommelsfirmly again, and alight on the ground. Do not carry the knee toofar over, or you may topple over and alight on the wrong side of thelhorse. Spring up as In the first exercise. Now raise the right leg slowly byJiettding it at the knee and carry it over the saddle, extending it asfar as you can without allowing eitherleg to touch the horse (Fig. 52). Thebody must be well leaned forward In do-ing this, the hands grasping the pommelsfirmly. On bringing the right leg backalight on the ground, spring up again,and carry the left leg through In likemaner. Proceed as In the last exercise, and onbringing the right leg back carry
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