HORSEMANSHIP. 



INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. 



Englishmen are frequently puzzled as to the style of 

 seat they should assume on horseback. If they take 

 upon themselves the manege style, they are alarmed at 

 being accused of copying the military seat ; and if they 

 shoi'ten the stirrup-leathers, and double themselves in 

 a heap, they are as often charged with riding like 

 tailors or butchers. Generally speaking a person can 

 be as readily distinguished by the contour of his seat as 

 by the cut of his coat. We mark the tailor, the butcher, 

 the dealer, and the i>;entleman, with readiness and accu- 



