RIDING FOR LADIES. 



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CHAPTER I. 



OUGHT CHILDREN TO RIDE? 



HE "Common 

 Sense of Riding, 

 which formed the 

 title under which 

 these writings 

 were first fur- 

 nished to the pub- 

 lic in the columns 

 of a London 

 journal, supplied 

 a fitting heading for 

 the articles at the 

 time, very little con- 

 cerning stable or 

 general horse man- 

 agement being ap- 

 pended to the instructions offered to equestrians. The 

 expediency of adding to the work formed a necessity for 

 altering the title ; but the original one, if used here, would 



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