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YOUNG LADY'S EQUESTRIAN MANUAL. 



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Out Virgin Queen, peerless Elizabeth, 

 AVith grace and dignity rode through the host: 

 And proudly paced that gallant steed, as though 

 He knew his saddle was a roval throne. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Riding on Horseback is, confessedly, one of the most 

 graceful, agreeable, and salutary of feminine recre- 

 ations. No attitude, perhaps, can be regarded as more 

 elegant than that of a lady in the modern side-saddle ; 

 nor can any exercise be deemed capable of affording 

 more rational and innocent delight, than that of the 

 female equestrian. Pursued in the open air, it affords 



