WHAT HORSEBACK RIDING HAS DONE FOR 



MANY, AND WHAT IT WILL DO 



FOR YOU. 



A GREAT many people have often asked me why it is 

 that so many people ride. The answer briefly told, is 

 this : There are several reasons why people ride, one is 

 because they really enjoy it, and after a fair trial find that 

 it is about the best pleasure in life ; another reason is that 

 it is the most healthgiving exercise that there is, which is 

 a very good reason. Another reason is because it is 

 fashionable, but that seems to me a very poor reason to 

 give, although many people cling to fashion like a 

 drowning man does to a rope. 



Question. Why should nearly every one ride on 

 horseback ? 



It is because it is a duty to yourself and family. 

 There are thousands of men to-day in New York who 

 would be the better for horseback riding, men who are 

 compelled to be in an office all day long and those who 

 have more or less brain work to do, and then we have 

 another class of men who are always ill at ease, ill in 

 mind and ill in body, and such men remind me of a 

 badger in a hole, that requires drawing out. The truth 

 of the matter is that they need a tonic, and that is horse- 



