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the horse, there is not one that requires a more 

 perfect education than that of carrying ladies. A 

 lady's horse should be almost born one : their requi- 

 site qualifications are so numerous, that unless they 

 are begun with very early indeed, they rarely arrive 

 at perfection. They may do their business moderately, 

 nay very well ; but the most careful and scientific 

 rearing and educating is necessary to make them 

 perfect. A naturally timid nervous colt, however we 

 may improve the infirmity by proper treatment, will 

 never be a perfect lady's horse. He should be 

 naturally bold and fearless, and, from being properly 

 educated, should not know fear; for as ladies are 

 naturally more easily alarmed than men, so in propor- 

 tion should their horses be bolder, for if both get 

 alarmed, the danger is imminent. Many ladies would 

 fear to be put on a high-couraged horse ; fair ones, 

 your fears are misapplied : high-courage in man or 

 horse is your best safeguard, and will induce both to 

 bend with cheerfulness to your slightest will, while 

 the timid, actuated by fear, seeks his own safety, nor 

 heeds the danger of his fair mistress. 



Though no advocate for a riding-school education 

 for a hunting man or a hunting horse, it is the only 

 place where a lady's horse can be properly made. 

 There is a peculiar style of going that is only to be 

 acquired here a handiness that cannot be taught on 

 the road : turning safely and easily cannot be learned 

 elsewhere. Changing voluntarily the leading leg, so 

 indispensable for this horse, must be practised by the 

 figure of eight to perfect him in it; and till he is 

 perfect in this, he cannot carry a lady safely. She 

 will find it necessary, if riding in crowds, to turn her 

 horse often suddenly to avoid coming in contact with 



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