PARK RIDING. 15 



STYLISH EIDING. 



From the title we have chosen for this division 

 of our work, the reader may discover our inten- 

 tion to confine it to that branch of riding, prac- 

 ticed by gentlewomen, thoroughly instructed in 

 the equestrian art, in which we see displayed 

 those inimitable beauties that have carried horse- 

 manship to the highest pitch of perfection; and 

 although we feel bound to admit that perfection 

 in the art of riding, as in every other art, is the 

 limit to which improvement can be carried, we 

 trust we shall be excused for maintaining that 

 perfection itself may be rendered more pleasing 

 and agreeable by the aid of style, and where 

 style is required, in how infinitely greater a de- 

 gree do we sometimes find it in the female than 

 the other sex. An accomplished horsewoman 

 rides with elegance, propriety, and a good grace. 



