A WORD TO PARENTS 5 



Even if no accident occurs, the 

 knowledge of her helplessness may so 

 frighten the child that she will never 

 recover from her timidity. It is non- 

 sense to say she will outgrow it ; early 

 impressions are never entirely eradi- 

 cated ; and should she in after-life ap- 

 pear to regain her courage, it is almost 

 certain at a critical moment to desert 

 her, and early recollections reassert 

 themselves. 



The vagaries of her own mount are 

 not the only dangers to which the un- 

 fortunate child is exposed. 



Many accidents come from collisions 

 caused by some one else's horse bolt- 

 ing; and it is not to be expected, when 

 their elders often lose their wits com- 

 pletely, that shoulders so young should 

 carry a head cool enough to make es- 

 cape possible in such an emergency. 



It is a common occurrence to hear 



