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RIDING FOR LADIES. 



A hunter for a lady's use need not, as a rule, be over 

 fifteen hands in height, or about 15-2 for a man of ordinary 

 stature. Of course top-weights of either sex must have 

 something proportionately big to carry them, but my 

 experience is that clever hunters of iy2 or 3 can negotiate 

 even the biggest country with safety, and I believe there 



TOO FAR APART. 



are a greater number of perfect fencers of that height than 

 can be found among those above it. Small horses, whether 

 hunters or steeplechasers, have distinguished themselves 

 brilliantly from time to time all over the world, yet the 

 rage for tall ones is very great. About ten years ago, at 

 the Islington Horse Show, there were forty hunters (out 

 of 100 entries) that were over 16 hands high, and they 



