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LADIES' EQUITATION. 



Let us glance for a moment at the lady, 

 the horse, the saddle, and the habit, each 

 and all of which must receive careful atten- 

 tion, before the combined effect can be 

 pronounced satisfactory. Although riding 

 is pre-eminently the exercise which gives 

 beauty and grace to the female face and 

 form, yet it is well to prepare for a course 

 of instruction by a few simple exercises on 

 foot. The more arduous exertions in the 

 saddle will be all the easier, and the lessons 

 will be all the sooner learned, if the muscles 

 be strong and the frame supple and erect. 

 In these days when cycling and tennis are 

 universally in favour, it should perhaps be 

 taken for granted that all young ladies are 

 quite fit to begin riding, with pleasure and 

 profit to themselves ; but if any of them 

 desire a series of exercises requiring no 

 apparatus, the first five Extension and 



