HORSEBACK RIDING 



therefore, worth while not to 

 ride the same horse time after 

 time. 



After a few lessons the novelty 

 of riding will be over, confidence 

 w^ill come and each ride w^ill im- 

 prove in pleasure and enjoy- 

 ment. When once one gains that 

 confidence, he vvrill hardly be 

 able to wait until the next ride. 

 A friend of mine on beginning to 

 ride w^as at first afraid of a horse 

 but one day, after I had talked to 

 her on the subject, she sum- 

 moned up enough courage to try 

 again. Several months later I 

 learned she wras riding three 

 times a week ! She could hardly 

 wait till her appointed hour and 

 after a few w^eeks she rode every 

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