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one allows or throws the weight to the right, the legs lose 

 their grip, and the body is thrown off to the right, usually 

 hanging by skirt or stirrup, unless these are (as they always 

 should be) safety. 



Another important rule to bear in mind is never, under 

 any circumstances, let go of the reins. Control of the horse 

 once lost the rider is completely at his mercy. If a horse 

 turns with you suddenly, instead of pulling him in the 

 opposite direction from which he has turned, pull him around 

 the same way until you have brought his head in the original 

 direction you wished him to go. Horses are very much like 

 children; they need to be managed, not bullied, in other 

 words, to quote one of our greatest exponents of the Boucher 

 method: "It is the strength of effect, not the effect of 

 strength." 



DRESS. 



Much has been said and written in regard to correct dress 

 for the saddle, and yet how many women know and practise 

 its two most important laws: first, to dress plainly and com- 

 fortably, and second, that the dress should be appropriate,? 



There are very few tailors in this country who understand 

 the making of a really good habit, but there are three or four 

 in New York whose work in this line is quite as good as any 

 I have seen from abroad. 



The habit must be well made, well fitted, of correct style 

 and of the best material. Safety skirts should always be 

 worn, these are made in two different ways, one is practically 

 nothing but an apron, but gives the effect of a skirt in the 

 saddle ; there is no back to it and the legs are perfectly free 

 and in direct contact with the saddle. This is a very good and 



