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certain she would not look equally as bad with 

 the new style, short, close-fitting skirts on a side- 

 saddle, especially from a rear view-point. 



As to the question of hygiene, a member of 

 my family consulted the eminent physician, Dr. 

 Lewis Sayre, of New York, before deciding the 

 question for her daughter, and he unhesitatingly 

 indorsed the cross-saddle as much the healthier 

 of the two, and in consequence her daughter 

 adopted it, has never had cause to regret it, and 

 is considered one of the best horsewomen in Ken- 

 tucky to-day. While she was the only cross- 

 saddle rider in Kentucky for several years, am 

 pleased to be able to state at a recent meet seven- 

 teen of the twenty-one ladies in the field rode the 

 cross-saddle. 



With the new style divided skirt it is scarcely 

 noticeable, and unless one's attention were called 

 to it, few would detect the difference in a party of 

 say six, half riding side and half cross saddles. 



You men who prate about the impropriety and 

 immodesty of the style, try riding on a side-sad- 

 dle for a few hours, or better still, do as I have 

 done, try jumping a fence on one, and you will 

 soon become a convert to the new style. 



Princess Victoria, granddaughter of King 

 Edward, rides astride. Royal patronage in Eng- 

 land implies much, and with the stamp of their 

 approval it will soon become popular there. Its 



