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pose of thoroughly taking it out of him, which certainly she did 

 effectually, and as he was a vicious-looking weedy thoroughbred, "it 

 served him right." 



But I must again enter my protest against ladies running such 

 risks, however accomplished they may be as horsewomen. Let them 

 accept the respectful advice of a veteran, and avoid vicious horses. 

 Brutes that run back, plunge, rear, or kick from sheer vice (and 

 there are many that do) are fit only for the ridiag of the rougher 

 sex, and only of such of them as have the ill fortune to be compelled 

 to get their living by riding. The so-called plunging lessons above 

 alluded to, however, will give a lady a thorough insight into the orm 

 in which to ride in case of emergency. 



