13G IX THE RIDING-SCHOOL. 



wharf, easy, easy, she must swing in a wide 

 circle. That is why my word to you is always 

 ' Forward ! Forward ! ' and again, ' Forward ! ' 

 There is a scientific reason underlying this, if 

 you care to know it. When you go fast, neither 

 you nor your horse has time to feel the press- 

 ure of the atmosohere from above, and that is 

 why it seems as if you were flying, and he is 

 happy and exhilarated as well as you. You will 

 see the tame horse in the paddock gallop about 

 for his pleasure, and the wild horse on the prai- 

 rie will start and run for miles in mere sportive- 

 ness. So, if you want to have pleasure on 

 horseback, ' Forward ! ' " 



While the little trot is going on, the society 

 young lady improves the shining hour by ask- 

 ing the master "if he do not think it cruel to 

 make a poor horse go just as fast as it can," to 

 which he replies that the horse will desire 

 to go quite as long as she can or will, where- 

 upon she withdraws into the cave of sulkiness 

 again, but brightens perceptibly as you dis- 

 mount and join her. 



"You do look so funny, Esmeralda," she 

 begins. " Your feet do seem positively im- 

 mense, as the teacher said." 



