CHAPTER VIIL 



WHERE TO HUNT. 



To return for a moment to the use of spurs by ladies, 

 a correspondent writes stating that he agrees very 

 thoroughly with me that, " broadly speaking, it was in- 

 advisable for women to wear spurs." He states that he 

 saw a lady not long ago galloping over a field of high 

 ridge and furrow, and that her horse lost its action, 

 with the result that she half lost her seat, this causing 

 her horse to bolt. The unfortunate rider said after- 

 wards that when the horse began to flounder, making her 

 bump in the saddle, she was unable to prevent herself 

 spurring him hard, and this it was which caused him to 

 bolt. Another correspondent points out that spurs 

 sometimes get caught in the habit skirt, and that 

 when a lady wearing a spur has a fall she is liable to 

 become entangled from the same cause. A third 

 hunting man cordially approves of women wearing 

 spurs, and thinks they give a finished appearance to their 

 toilets, and help them to keep their horses up to the 

 bit in heavy going. Doubtless really finished horse- 

 women are as much at home with spurs as men are ; 

 but my hints are written for novices, and for a novice 

 the spur is most dangerous. Then as regards the 



