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RIDING FOR LADIES. 



and strength in the first instance — the extra weight being in 

 the tree, where the strength is required — will be lighter in 

 appearance. 



Light saddles always require a lot of extra stuffing, 

 which soon mounts up the weight and detracts from the 

 looks; moreover it is very inconvenient to be constantly 

 sending one's saddle to be restuffed. Most ladies, from 

 lack of proper supervision and want of thought, are 



neglectful of the make and condition of their saddles, and 

 so some ribald cynic has hazarded the remark that although 

 "a good man is merciful to his beast, a good woman is 

 rarely so." A first class firm keeps an experienced man for 

 the purpose of measuring horses, who is sent out any dis- 

 tance required at a fixed scale of charges. When a lady 

 cannot conveniently attend to be measured, she should 

 endeavour to get the measurements, as indicated in the 

 sketch, from some saddle in which she can ride with comfort, 



