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I must take this opportunity to correct 

 an erroneous Impression pretty widely in 

 circulation, to the effect that weedy horses 

 which look incapable of carrying a medium- 

 weight man will do to carry a lady. 

 Nothing of the sort. Ladles take more 

 carrying than men, and want strong- 

 backed horses. In the first place, their 

 saddles are far heavier ; but it is the fact 

 that they are all the time in one position, 

 and the weight concentrated on one par- 

 ticular pressure, that tires so much. A 

 man turns half round often enough, and 

 sits on one thigh occasionally, stands 

 in his stirrups at times, and frequently, 

 and with good judgment, too, gets off 

 his horse altogether after a short burst 

 for a few minutes. Every shooting-man 

 knows what a relief it is to set down one's 

 gun at lunch-time, or to change shoulders, 

 or hand to a servant after standing long 



