144 LADIES ON HORSEBACK. 



CHAPTEK XI. 



THE DOUBLE-RISE. — POINTING OUT THE RIGHT 



FOOT. THE FORCE OF HABIT. VARIOUS 



KINDS OF FAULT-FINDING. — MR. STURGESS* 



PICTURES. — AN ENGLISH HARVEST-HOME. A 



JEALOUS SHREW. A SHY BLACKSMITH. HOW 



IRISHMEN GET PARTNERS AT A DANCE. 



I SHALL now touch very briefly upon one or 

 two points which I have not before mentioned, 

 but which may, nevertheless, prove interesting: 

 to some lady riders. 



Firstly, then, I shall speak of the annoyance 

 — ^sometimes a serious one — which ladies 

 experience from what is known as the double 

 nse in the trot. I have been asked is it pre- 

 ventible. Before suggesting a remedy for 

 anything — be it ailment or habit — we must 



