46 THE AMERICAN HORSEWOMAN. 



faithful servant or friend. Indeed, the horse is 

 the more entitled to consideration in that he is 

 entirely helpless, and his lot for good or evil 

 lies wholly in her power. If the mistress is 

 careless or neglects her duty, the servants in 

 whose charge the horse is placed will be very 

 apt to follow her example, and the poor animal 

 will suffer accordingly. 



Perhaps the lady, however, may object to 

 entering the stable, and agree with the groom 

 in thinking it " no place for a woman." Or 

 she may fear that in carrying out the ideas 

 suggested above she will expose herself to the 

 ridicule of thoughtless acquaintances who can 

 never do anything until it has received the 

 sanction of fashion. 



For the benefit of this fastidious individual 

 and her timid friends we will quote the example 

 of the Empress of Austria, who, although occu- 

 pying an exalted position at a court where eti- 

 quette is carried to the extremes of formality, 

 yet does not hesitate to visit the stable of her 

 favorite steeds and personally to supervise their 

 welfare ; and woe to the perverse groom who 

 in the least particular disobeys her commands. 



Many other examples might be given of 

 high-born ladies, such as Queen Victoria, the 

 Princess of Wales, the Princess of Prussia, and 



