LADIES ON HOKSEBACK. 



very well for men, but in writing for us ladies 

 they cannot, however willing, enter into all 

 the Httle deHcacies and minutiae of our tastes 

 and feehngs, and so haK the effect is lost. 



I do not purpose entering upon any discus- 

 sion, nor, indeed, touching more than very 

 lightly upon the treatment and management 

 of the horse. A subject so exhaustive lies 

 totally outside the limits of my pen, and has, 

 moreover, been so ably treated by men of 

 knowledge and experience, as to render one 

 word further respecting the matter almost 

 superfluous. I shall therefore content myself 

 with surmising that the horses with which we 

 may have to do throughout these remarks — be 

 they school-horses, roadsters, or hunters — are 

 at least sound, good-tempered, and properly 

 trained. Their beauty and other attributes 

 we shall take for granted, and not trouble 

 ourselves about. 



And now, in addressing my readers, I shall 

 endeavour to do so as though I spoke to each 

 separately, and so shall adopt the term ^^ you," 

 ^s being at once friendly and concise. 



My subject shall be divided into three 



