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SCHOOL RIDING 



MAN " because he hath Ridd a Hundred 

 Miles in a Day (which a Post-Boy can do) 

 thinks himself a Horse-Man ; or Because he 

 can Run a Match with his Groom, or Leap a 

 Ditch, or a Hedg, in Htmting, and Hold by the 

 Main, he thinks he" is a Horse-man ; but his 

 Hunts- Boy doth as much. iVnd my Lord Mayor, 

 when he goes to Weigh Butter, sets a Legg of 

 either side the Horse very Gravely ; An excellent 

 Horseman ! And I have seen many Wenches 

 Ride Astride, and GaUop and Run their Horses, 

 that could, I think, hardly Ride a Horse Well in 

 the Mannage'' 



So wrote the finest Horseman and foremost 

 gentleman of his day, William Cavendish, Duke of 

 Newcastle, soldier, scholar and statesman. And 

 what he wrote in 1667 is true in 1912. Men 

 tumble about more or less, hold on by the bridle 

 and allow their horses to carry them where they 

 will and they fancy themselves horsemen and 

 even presume to teach others. 



It would be ridiculous to assume that be- 

 cause a man has not been taught school riding 

 that he is not a capable horseman. There are 



many men who ride well to hounds and who can 



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