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perfectly ready to submit my judgment and 

 hitherto received notions to the dictum of a lady 

 who is clearly so competent to treat the matter 

 as your contributor. Would the lady have 

 straight saddles also for men ? is a question 

 which incidentally occurs to me. I am far 

 from supposing that a thing must be right 

 because it is in general use, but there seem 

 good reasons for the adoption of the ordinary 

 shaped saddle, and I should be very glad if 

 your contributor would let us know her reasons 

 for departing from custom. 



Before concluding, let me thank you for a 

 series of articles which cannot fail to be of 

 value to those for whom they are intended. 

 I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



H. DE V. R. 



Sib, — I feel bound to answer the letter of 

 " H. de V. R.'* which appeared in your journal 

 of last week's issue. With regard to the 

 ** safety-stirrup," there could not be much 

 objection to it if it were made sufficiently large 



