EXERCISES IN THE PACES. 



Although our limits will not permit us to enter 

 into an elaborate detail of the lessons taken by a pupil 

 in the riding school, it is right that we should give the 

 learner a few useful hints on the rudiments of riding, 

 and not devote our whole space to the improvement of 

 those who have made considerable progress. While 

 we endeavour to correct bad habits in the self-taught 

 artist, — in the pupil of a kind friend, an affectionate 

 relative, or of a mere groom, — to confirm the regularly 

 educated equestrian in the true principles and practice 

 of the art, — to remind her of what she has forgotten, 

 and to improve upon the knowledge she may have 

 acquired, — we must not forget those among our young 

 friends, who, having never mounted a horse, are de- 

 sirous of learning how to ride with grace and propriety, 

 and who dwell at a distance, or do not feel inclined to 

 take lessons, from a master. To such, one-third, at 

 least, of our preceding observations are applicable ; and 

 we recommend an attentive perusal of what we have 

 said, as to Mounting, the Aids, &c., before they aspire 

 to the saddle. Our other remarks they will find useful 

 when they have acquired a little practice. 



