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their seat without * riding the bridle/ as so many 

 people do. The horse is driven with long reins, like 

 those used in breaking by Captain Hayes, and 

 managed by him with the dexterity of a circus master. 

 After a few turns at the canter, wicker hurdles are put 

 up, and, to my astonishment, the children, without the 

 slightest fear or hesitation, settled themselves down, 



Fig. 29. Child mounted. 



leaned well back, and popped over without raising 

 their hands or altering the position of their legs 

 (Fig. 30). They had been over the same hurdles 

 at the second lesson, and too much can hardly 

 be said in praise of a system that has such re- 

 sults to offer in so short a space of time. Mrs. 

 Hayes herself, as may be supposed, looks every inch 

 a ' workman ' in the saddle. She has ridden in most 

 quarters of the globe ; and, as if she sighed for other 



