392 RIDING AND HUNTING ABROAD. 



of Foxhounds. He told me that a large number of 

 ladies hunted with his pack. I was particularly struck 

 with the immense size and beauty of the riding 

 schools in Berlin. In the Berliner Tattersall there are 

 three large riding schools, and I seldom went there 

 without seeing some ladies on horseback. In the 

 largest riding school there is a gallery, a refreshment 

 room, reading room, several dressing rooms, a band- 

 stand, and seating accommodation for hundreds of 

 people. The proprietor told me that in the winter 

 months when the weather is too bad for outside riding, 

 ladies ride in the schools, and various entertainments 

 are given. I saw a large number of ladies riding in 

 the Tiergarten, although it was out of the season, and 

 I expected to find the ride as empty as Rotten Row in 

 the winter months. As I went there before eight in 

 the morning, our German cousins must be early risers. 

 On the last occasion we visited -the Tiergarten, we 

 were on our way home from Russia, and, having a 

 couple of hours to wait for our train, we strolled into 

 the delightful wooded ride. It was about half-past 

 seven on a cold March morning, and almost the first 

 people I saw there were the Kaiser and the Kaiserin, 

 so I no longer marvelled at German ladies' taste for 

 early rising. 



When I was in the Bois de Boulogne last season, it 

 was greatly frequented as usual, but it struck me that 

 fewer women ride there now than formerly, and that 

 motor cars have absorbed their attention. 



Although the riding schools of Paris are not to be 



