" Bravo ! Ladies " 



CRITICS of women's claim for equality with men might 

 benefit by a visit to Dublin Horse Show. Here they 

 may see something that may change their views about 

 the competence of our modern women. 



The ordinary course at Ballsbridge comprises six 

 fences, hedge-and-ditch, single bank, a five-feet-high 

 stone wall, a towering double-bank, a gate, and lastly, 

 a wide water-jump. To begin with, these supply a 

 sufficient test of efficiency, so we will overlook the 

 special competitions, which include level-crossing railway 

 gates, perpendicular railway-sleeper fence, double rustic 

 gates and a variety of other difficult fences. The ordi- 

 nary course is surely a sufficiently gruelling test for 

 competence, and one will see numerous ladies tackling 

 it courageously, starting on level terms with men, in 

 open competition against men, asking no privileges from 

 men and invariably snatching the coveted rosette from 

 men ! Aye ! sometimes from cracksmen ! 



The critic will invariably grumble, " I hate mannish 

 women who strut around in riding breeches and talk 

 ' horse ' all day." 



This type of biased argument is primarily due to the 

 riding breeches. These, nevertheless are indispensable, 

 and whether they are worn with a side-saddle habit or 



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