CONCLUDING REMARKS. 



The lady should perform her first lessons with a 

 snaffle bridle, holding the reins in both hands, and 

 without a stirrup. When she has acquired some degree 

 of practice in the balance, aids, and general govern- 

 ment of the horse, she may use a bridle with double 

 reins, and hold them in the left hand, managing them 

 as we have directed in some of the preceding pages. 



If the lady be but in her noviciate in the art, we 

 strongly advise her not to place too much reliance on 

 her own expertness, or to attempt too much at first; 

 but, rather, to proceed steadily, and be satisfied with 

 a gradual improvement; as it is utterly impossible 

 to acquire perfection in the nicer operations of riding, 

 before the minor difficidties are overcome. 



The lady, in all cases, should recollect that her horse 

 requires occasional baitings and relaxation. The time 

 occupied in each lesson should be in proportion to 

 the pace and animation in which it has been per- 

 formed. If the exercise be varied and highly ani- 

 mated, the horse should rest to recruit himself at the 

 expiration of twelve or fifteen minutes ; when re- 

 freshed, by halting, he may be made to go through 

 another, of the same, or rather less dm-ation, and then 



