20 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



can one make one's self an annoyance 

 to others near by, in a manner which 

 might so easily have been avoided in 

 the beginning. 



After being familiarized with such ru- 

 dimentary ideas of horsemanship, comes 

 the time for putting them into practice. 



It is a pity that there are not more 

 competent instructors in the riding- 

 schools, for it is of great im- 



Instructors 



portance to begin correctly; to 



find a teacher, however, who possesses 

 thorough knowledge of the subject is, 

 unfortunately, rare. Their inefficiency 

 is amply demonstrated by the speci- 

 mens of riding witnessed every day in 

 the Park ; and either their methods, if 

 they pretend to have any, must be all 

 wrong, or they are but careless and su- 

 perficial mentors, as the results are so 

 often far from satisfactory. 



There are, to be sure, plenty of teach- 



