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ridden and driven by a lady," or " Has 

 been ridden by a child." To the novice 

 this information would seem sufficient 

 for all purposes, but men who have 

 been in the trade will not hesitate to 

 say that there are plenty of women who 

 can and do ride and drive animals 

 which a great many men would hesitate 

 to tackle, whilst the writer has a little 

 friend, a boy of eleven years — therefore 

 well within the description " Has been 

 ridden by a child" — who will sit any- 

 thing pretty well that has ever been 

 foaled. Not so very long ago this 

 young hopeful had a twenty-minutes' 

 tussle with as bad tempered a thorough- 



