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liigh trotter. Now I should never have dared 

 to name such a change had it not been thus 

 mooted. Society will shriek out and say, 

 *' Woman would be indeed out of place thus." 

 Why ? I am sure with a proper dress there 

 is nothing to hurt the extremely proper feelings 

 of the most modest. All who have hunted 

 know that the very short skirted habits at 

 times display, well, say the leg of the fair 

 equestrienne most liberally. Now the dress for 

 the cross-horse style is much the same as a 

 bathing suit, loose Zouave drawers drawn close 

 below the knee, and fastened tightly over the 

 boot at the ankle ; a loose tunic, long enough 

 to come almost to the knee when mounted, 

 lightly belted at the waist, a cape falHng over 

 the shoulders, not quite to the elbows. This 

 is my attire when free to ride in the only 

 really comfortable way, a foot in each stirrup. 

 Oh, no woman would ever be twisted and 

 packed on to a side saddle again if she could 

 help it, after once enjoying the ease and free- 

 dom, as well as complete control of her horse 

 which a man's seat gives. 



So far as exhibitions of limbs go, it is much 



