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LADIES MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. 



she may require, his hand is free to do it, and, without 

 moving her shoulders, from time to time she obliques her 

 face towards him to speak or answer. Altogether it is, in 

 my opinion, more secure for the lady. The principal objec- 

 tion urged is that his spur will catch in her dress, or that 

 his horse may press too closely and hurt her foot ; but as 

 I am writing now of a horseman, I cannot admit such 

 objections, as he will not surfer either to occur, and in 

 this position also he is between her and passing vehicles 

 approaching. On the other hand, the novice had better 

 be on the right, for the reason that he will have enough 

 to do to ride and manage his own horse, and could not, 



THE LADY'S PATENT STIRRUP, EXHIBITED AT REST AND IN ACTION. 



if he desired ever so much, be of assistance to her. Of 

 course his spur cannot entangle her dress ; and if on the 

 left, he would very often worry her against his will by 

 letting his horse get so close in narrow places as to pos- 

 sibly bruise her limb ; but even a good rider on her right, 

 in case her horse runs away or attempts anything wrong, 

 to use his right hand, would have to reach a long way 

 over to get at her horse's head, bridle, or bit. The best 



