THE LADY'S HORSE. 



Although the lady usually has a horse selected for 

 her, by some gentleman, either of her own family or 

 her acquaintance", it may not be inexpedient to inform 

 the fair reader of those qualities which, combined in 

 the same animal, may be said to constitute a complete 

 lady's horse. Such a creature, however, we must ob- 

 serve, is exceedingly difficvdt to be procured, even by 

 those possessed of the nicest judgment on the subject; 

 and, to whom, the usually important question of price is 

 not an object of consideration. 



The beau ideal of this kind of horse is superlatively 

 elegant in form, exquisitely fine in coat, and unexcep- 

 tionably beautiful in colour ; of a height, in the nicest 

 degree appropriate to the figure of the rider ; graceful, 

 accurate, well-united, and thoroughly safe in every 

 pace ; " light as a feather" in the hand, though not at 

 all painfully sensitive to a proper action of the bit ; 

 bold in the' extreme, yet superlatively docile ; free, 

 in every respect, from what is technically denominated 

 "vice;" excellent in temper, but still "though gentle, 

 yet not dull;" rarely, if ever, requiring the stimulus of 

 the whip, yet submitting temperately to its occasional 

 suggestions. 



