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== Sideways riding == [[File:Outing (1885) (14762674884).jpg|thumb|Riding sideways (1885)]] Riding sideways while [[bareback]] or on a [[pack saddle]] is not uncommon, but this method is distinct from sidesaddle riding. Examples include sitting sideways on very wide-backed [[draft horse]]s, and sitting sideways on a pack saddle, usually after the load has been removed or reduced. During [[World War II]] when riders laid [[field telephone]] cable from a cable-drum on the back of a galloping horse.{{Disputed inline|talk=Talk:Sidesaddle#Disputed content about cable layers|date=April 2025}}<ref>''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' September 2009 supplement "''[[World War II]] Eyewitness Experience''", page 22</ref><ref>''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' Thursday 23 December 1915, reprinted in ''Daily Telegraph'' Wednesday 23 December 2015 page 36</ref>
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