i8 RIDING FOR LADIES, 



2, Jermyn Street, London, who have carefully studied the 

 comfort of both horse and rider, and assisted by the ex- 

 perience and suggestions of that well-known authority, 

 Mr. Wilson of Albington Manor, late master of the Vale of 

 White Horse Hounds, have produced really admirable side 

 saddles. 



Trotting must be taught when the pupil has been per- 

 fected in the canter. It is not an easy thing either to teach 

 or learn, but I shall come at the principles of it by-and- 

 by. Trotting should be practised on soft, springy ground, 

 never on a road, and the horse on which the lessons are 

 taken should be very light of action, and of even paces. 

 Otherwise, the punishment to the learner will be great, and 

 the teacher's difficulties equally trying. 



Little girls learning to ride should be dressed in neat 

 skirts, just long enough to cover the feet ; loose-fitting 

 jackets — (jerseys are excellent) — hair left flowing, never 

 fastened up ; and soft hats or caps, well secured under the 

 chin, in such a manner as to prevent the possibility of their 

 coming off. Whips should not on any account be allowed 

 until some degree of proficiency has been attained, and the 

 proper use of them should then be strictly pointed out, and 

 as strictly adhered to. With this matter I shall likewise 

 hereafter deal, as also with the question of spurs — articles 

 which, I may here observe, should never, under any pre- 

 text whatever, be granted for children's use. 



A child should be taught to mount her horse with ease 

 when assisted, as also the expediency of being able to do 

 so without any help at all : this latter by simply letting 



