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ladies are apt to resent too much severity in in- 

 struction, and without strict obedience to her 

 master, a lady never learns to ride gracefully and 

 stoutly. In the South, ladies ride habitually, and 

 moreover a rack, single-foot, and canter are not 

 only graceful, but straight-sitting paces for a 

 woman. 



It is not to-day risking much, however, to 

 prophesy that within the lapse of little time our 

 Eastern cities will boast as many clever Amazons 

 as are to be found in the South. Who can con- 

 tend that our Yankee women have not the intel- 

 ligence, courage, vigor, and grace to rank with 

 the riders of any clime } 



XLIX. 



And now, Master Tom, let me again impress 

 upon you that I have been giving you only the 

 most rudimentary idea of how to train your mare. 

 By no means expect that Nelly will ever execute 

 the traverse, pirouette, Spanish trot, or piaffer, 

 let alone trot or gallop backwards, as these airs 

 should be performed, by any such superficial ed- 

 ucation. But you will certainly find her more 

 agreeable, more tractable, safer, and easier, and 

 you will have both enjoyed the schooling. And 

 I feel assured that having gone so far you will 

 not stop short of the next step, the study and 

 practice of the art in its true refinements. I may, 



