A WORD TO PARENTS 9 



country, or in the hunting-field, nothing 

 is of more importance than to ride in 

 good form. To do so is to ride easily, 

 being in the best position to manage 

 the horse, and therefore it is also to 

 ride safely. 



The desire to attract attention often 



induces women to ride. Young girls 



soon learn to do likewise, and their 



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attempts at riding for the "gal- 

 lery " by kicking the horse with the heel, 

 jerking its mouth with the curb, that she 

 may impress people with her dashing ap- 

 pearance, as the poor tormented animal 

 plunges in his endeavors to avoid the 

 pressure, are lamentable and frequent 

 sights in many riding-schools. 



Objectionable as this is in an older 

 person, it is doubly so in a child, from 

 whom one expects at least modesty in- 

 stead of such boldness as this betokens. 

 It is to be hoped that those in authority 



