68 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



A woman is seldom if ever required 

 to ride a horse which bucks, and if he 



is known to do it viciously she 

 Buckers 



had better not try any experi- 

 ments with him, as he will surely ex- 

 haust her in a fight. By bucking I do 

 not mean the mild form of that vice 

 which is usually found under that 

 name in the East. Here an animal 

 that plunges persistently and comes 

 down hard is said to buck; while if his 

 head is lowered, that settles the ques- 

 tion in the minds of those ignorant of 

 what a real bucking horse is capable. 

 In encountering the Eastern variety of 

 this species, the woman must elevate 

 the horse's head, sit well back, and 

 firmly too, for even the mild form of 

 bucking is not easy to sustain undis- 

 turbed. 



The genuine article, the real West- 

 ern bucker, is quite another matter. 



