1 6 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



seen half the time. They must set prop- 

 erly, or the best riders will be 



Costuming 



handicapped and appear at a 

 disadvantage. A child's skirt should 

 not wrinkle over the hips more than a 

 woman's, nor should it ruck up over the 

 right knee, exposing both feet, while 

 the wind inflates the superfluous folds. 

 Above all things, a girl should not lace 

 nor wear her habit bodice tight, as no 

 benefit can possibly be derived from 

 riding with the lungs and ribs com- 

 pressed. 



It often happens that a child is put 

 into the saddle before she has had the 

 Preparatory opportunity of becoming fa- 

 Lessons miliar with a horse, either by 

 visiting it in its stall or going about it 

 when in the stable. A more harmful 

 mistake could not be made; the child 

 is likely to be afraid of the animal the 

 first time she is placed on its back, and 



