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Title: Riding and driving for women
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Beach, Belle
Subjects: Horses Horsemanship Driving of horse-drawn vehicles
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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Correct Position with Horse in Action On this correct position of the left leg dependsthe evenness of the hips, and on the correct positionof both legs depend the level of the shoulders, thelevel of the hips, the squareness and firmness of theseat, and the proper control of balance. 12
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P4 o HQ H H W Ou C/3 in H a o ^ Q o 3 :^ a a z o O a CHAPTER IIHANDS nr^HE hands should be held on a level about six■*- inches in front of the waist; the forearms hori-zontal, the upper arms hanging naturally from theshoulders, so as to keep the elbows level, and in avertical plane with the shoulders. Bowing the el-bows out, or, on the other hand, clapping them tooclose to the sides, are common faults, and are equallybad not only for the sake of appearances, but be-cause, in either of these positions, the strength ofthe arms is lessened. Similarly, the elbows shouldnot be carried back when the hands are in position,for, if they are, you cannot pull the horse up shouldhe stumble, or, on occasion, stop him suddenly; norshould they be carried forward over the knee, forthat position is stiff and tiring and gives the body atendency to bend forward. In jumping a horse trained to jump in the Ameri-can fashion, when approaching the jump, the handsare carried well forward and, at the same ti

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