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ADDRESS TO THE LADIES. 



LADIES 5 BRIDLES AND SADDLES DESCRIBED 



POSITION OF A LADY ON HORSEBACK 



HOLDING REINS, ETC. 



THE method of riding on horseback upon a 

 side-saddle in the graceful and admirable 

 fashion of the English Ladies may truly be 

 termed " equilibrium ; " for, though they are 

 supported on one side, they balance on the 

 other: nevertheless, good tuition in the mi- 

 nutest points of equestrian skill, accompanied 

 and aided by their own acute comprehension, 

 resolution, and elasticity, with practice (which 

 soon perfects a habit), are necessary to esta- 

 blish ladies in an unconstrained, easy, and 

 secure seat. 



The equestrian education of ladies is too 

 frequently incomplete, either from its being 

 entrusted, in the country, to the care of 



