242 LADIES ON HOESEBACK. 



Proputty " type, which (though not possessed 

 of the special points of a lady's horse — ** Oh ! 

 such a lovely mane and tail") will carry a lady 

 tolerably well if he feels the spur occasionally. 

 If ** Mabel Florence Kayne" tries the rowel 

 spur and the bit I mentioned in my former 

 letter, I am sure she will be satisfied with 

 them, and perhaps she will write her opinion 

 for the benefit of others. The excellent and 

 sensible letters of Mrs. Power O'Donoghue 

 will probably convince people that a horse, 

 when he has a lady on his back, is very much 

 the same kind of animal, and requires very 

 much the same kind of management, as when 

 he is ridden by a man. If Mrs. Power 

 O'Donoghue can obtain this result, she wiU 

 sweep away many of the peculiar prejudices 

 and ideas that now prevail as to all matters 

 appertaining to ladies on horseback. 



I am, &c. 



SouTHEBN Cross. 



Sir, — In the article under the above- 

 mentioned heading, pubHshed in your issue of 



