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awkward than a lady's holding the whip with 

 her arm crooked at the elbow. A lady mould 

 hold her bridle moderately flack, with her 

 H little finger under the rein, and the other 

 three fingers palling between the rein, on the 

 top of which her thumb muff be placed. 

 Being thus feated, fhe will pleafe to walk 

 her horfe off gently, and put him into his 

 " other paces at her pleafure. 



" The pommel of a ladies' faddle fhould be 

 w always made with a turn-again fcrew, to 

 " take off in cafe the rain, wind, or fun is 

 " troublefome — when a lady may ride on the 

 " contrary fide of the horfe." 



Queen Elizabeth, it feems, firfl of all intro- 

 duced the praclice of ladies riding fideways on 

 horfeback, in England. Much has been faid 

 againfl it, as inconvenient and dangerous; but 

 on confulting an experienced lady on the fub- 

 je61, fhe remarked that fcarce any accidents 

 ever occurred from the practice, even in hunt- 

 ing; that it was not only more decorous, but 

 much more convenient for women, in feverai 

 refpecls, which fhe was ingenuous enough par- 

 ticularly to ftate. The rirft requifites for a 

 ladies' horfe are, that he goes perfectly fafe 

 above his ground, and neither fhics nor ftarts ; 

 and bred cattle are the molt adapted to this 

 purpofe, provided they are well upon their 



haunches. 



