28o RIDING FOR LADIES. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



BREEDING. 



This is essentially an age of ladies on horseback. They are 

 to be met with everywhere, and at all seasons : in city, 

 suburb, park, and country, and with the advance of eques- 

 trian pursuits comes likewise a desire on the part of those 

 who take pleasure in them to be made in some degree 

 acquainted with the interesting subjects of breeding and 

 training young horses. So at least I judge from a number 

 of letters recently addressed to me, both at my own house 

 and at the office of the Sporting and Dramatic News, 

 requiring information upon matters which a few years ago 

 were very little thought of by ladies, and certainly com- 

 manded no amount of attention from them. 



With a view to answering the many questions asked me, 

 I propose to offer a few brief hints on the best and most 

 profitable method of breeding good and useful racers and 

 hunters — appending a chapter on a system of training, 

 which, having tried it myself with quite satisfactory results, 

 I can confidently recommend to ladies, as coming entirely 

 within scope of the resources ordinarily afforded them, both 

 by nature and surroundings. 



Horse-breeding is a pleasant recreation for those whose 



