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RIDING FOR LADIES. 



hocks had not any joints, will never be safe or pleasant to 

 ride. If he possesses strength and evenness of hind-leg 

 action, his paces will always be agreeable. Good shoulder 

 action and far-reaching hind legs will ensure delightful ease 

 and pleasure to the rider. Racehorses, when trotting over 

 turf, carry their hind feet far before the front ones — and 



HOCK — BENT. 



HOCK — TOO FAR BACK. 



outside them too, as I have proved by footprints — although 

 some persons have flatly contradicted me about the matter. 

 I do not think that a covert hack ought to exceed fifteen 

 hands in height. He should walk with ease and freedom, 

 trot ten miles an hour, and canter fifteen, without any 

 trouble, or blowing, or other symptoms of distress. Of 



