HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMEN. 



PART I. 

 AMATEUR HORSE-TRAINING. 



"My dear" said my wife, "you don't mean to say 

 you have bought that horse?" 



"Why, yes, indeed," replied I; "and very cheap, too. 

 And why not ?" 



" You will never get your money back," said she, 

 "no matter how cheap you have bought him. Don't 

 keep him. Send him back before it is too late." 



It was a sultry July morning, and my wife stood on 

 the farm-house porch, in provokingly fresh attire, while 

 I held my new acquisition by the bridle in the scorch- 

 ing sun ; and just recovering as I was from illness, this 

 conversation struck me as really anything but tonic in 

 its character. However, bracing myself up, I replied, 

 "But I don't want to get my money back ; I intend to 

 train him for my own use under the saddle." 



"Oh, you can never do anything with that great 



