16' PARK RIDING. 



united to a noble boldness, beautiful yet modest, 

 which never fails to command attention and ex- 

 cite admiration. 



For a confirmation of this opinion, we would 

 beg to refer the reader to the Queen's Ride, or 

 generally known in Hyde Park as Rotten Row, 

 the most magnificent school for open air practice 

 in the world, and the most commodious for the 

 parade of riding, where may be seen the realiza- 

 tion of the poetical picture of a perfect horse- 

 woman: — "A lady riding her palfrey, even as 

 some beautiful waterfowl pressing onward with the 

 tide, seeming in the eye of fancy, by the concord 

 of its motion with the undulation of the water, to 

 be a portion of the stream on the surface of which 

 it floats, there is such a beautiful harmony of 

 motion betwen the rider and horse." 



As mounting forms a necessary prelude to the 

 exercise of riding, we shall commence with a few 

 observations on that part of our subject. We will 

 assume that a lady having selected a horse for 

 her own use, before she purchased him, took an 



