PARK RIDING, 



KiDiNG on horseback had long held a high rank 

 amongst the recreations of the nobility and gentry 

 when it received the final impress of fashion from 

 the patronage of her most gracious Majesty the 

 Queen. Who that has seen can ever forget the 

 magnificence of that scene which Rotten Row 

 presented to the admiration of the world, at the 

 commencement of the present reign, when a 

 young and beloved Sovereign sought relaxation 

 from the cares of State in equestrian exercise in 

 Hyde Park, or who could have witnessed the 

 spectacle of that Royal Lady mounted on her 

 favourite horse, passing through lines of her loyal 



