MAN RIDING IN SIDE SADDLE. 3 



ladies how to ride, because he had lots of practice in 

 side saddles, and had ample opportunities of learning 

 the theory of the art, while I was teaching pupils in 

 a riding school, where I rode and jumped horses 

 without a skirt. Fig. i shows Davis riding in a side 

 saddle over a gate, on my grey horse Gustave. The 



Fig. i. Man riding a horse over a fence in a side-saddle. 



fact of his not hanging on to the horse's head is a 

 good proof that he had a strong seat. 



The first lessons in balance and grip should be 

 given by a competent horsewoman, and the riding- 

 skirt should either be taken off or pinned back (for 

 instance, with a safety-pin), in order that the lady 

 instructor may be able to see and at once correct 

 faults in the position ol the legs, which is hardly a 

 task fit for a man, even were he competent to per- 



