There are many other forms of saddle-vaulting possible of practice, some of them very difficult, but it is not needful to describe them.
Fig. 58
The hand-balance was described in the chapter on the parallel bars. It is a little more difficult of execution on the horse. It is shown in [Fig. 58].
The assistance of two friends in attempting this feat is desirable.
Flying over the Horse.
For these exercises the pommels must be removed, and the spaces filled up with the flush ones, as [described] already. The movement is not unlike leap-frog, as the spring is taken off the board, and you pitch on to your hands in the same manner. But there the similarity ends, for it is a very different matter clearing a boy’s back, from getting over the whole length of the horse.
Fig. 59
Commence by placing the jumping-board about 3 feet from the largest end of the horse, then with a run and a spring pitch on to your hands, as in [Fig. 59].