T3 IDING has been taken up so gener- 

 -*-^- ally in recent years by the mature 

 members of society that its espousal by 

 the younger element is quite in the nat- 

 ural order of events. We can look upon 

 the declaration of Young America for 

 sport with supreme gratification, as it 

 argues well for the generation to come, 

 but we should not lose sight of the 

 fact that its benefits may be more than 

 counterbalanced by injudiciously forcing 

 these tastes. That there is danger of 

 this is shown by the tendency to put girls 

 on horseback at an age much too tender 

 to have other than harmful results. 



It is marvellous that a mother who 

 is usually most careful in guarding her 



