EQUITATION. 



INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. 



" What delight 

 " To back the flying Steed, that challenges 

 " The wind for speed ! Seems native more of Air, 

 " Than Earth ! Whose burden only lends him fire ! 

 " Whose soul is in his task, turns labour into sport 

 " And makes your pastime his !" 



* Love Chased 



" The chief point in Horsemanship", Colonel 

 Greenwood observes in his " Hints on Horse- 

 manship" " is to get your horse to be of your 

 party ; and not only to obey, but to obey wil- 

 lingly," — " Good riding as a whole is indeed no 

 trifle, and is worth acquiring by those whose plea- 

 sure or business it is to ride, because it is soon, 

 and easily acquired, and when acquired it becomes 

 habitual, and is as easy, nay much more so ; and 

 infinitely more safe, than bad riding. Good rid- 

 ing is an affair of skill, but bad riding is an af- 

 fair of courage." Yet, in no other art, are there 

 so many self- thought Amateurs. Many ladies 



