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CHAPTER IV 



VARIOUS HINTS IN RIDING AND DRIVING 



I DO not wish you to attach too much importance 



to your clothes, but a few hints may be useful to 



those whose parents do not happen to be riders 



themselves. The fit of your breeches or the shape 



of your boots will not make you a horseman, but 



they may materially conduce to your comfort in 



the saddle. The boy in irreproachable horseman's 



dress who has no idea of riding is a subject for 



ridicule to onlookers, and is more conspicuous 



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