2^6 LADIES ON HORSEBACK. 



more delicate, and there is nothing to offend 

 tiie most sensitive lady in this style. Only 

 it is not fashionable. When shall we cease to 

 prostrate ourselves before that Juggernaut of 

 fashion ? For all paces and in every instance 

 it is better, and the risk of accidents is reduced 

 at least one half. It is a wonderful ease in long 

 rides to vary the stirrup length. The mihtary, 

 almost straight-leg, trot, J think the easiest, 

 but, on the other hand, some of the best 

 riders I have ever seen abroad ride with a 

 very short stirrup ; it is a matter of habit and 

 custom. But if the fashion were once intro- 

 duced here, I know it would prove a priceless 

 boon to ladies who love riding. Let some 

 lady who has the opportunity once try it in 

 her own private grounds (at first) or in soma 

 quiet, out-of-the-way country lane or moorland, 

 and she will be surprised. It is a new existence 

 on horseback, and nothing indehcate about it, clad 

 as I have named. Oh, what a difference it 

 does make. It is twenty-three years now since 

 I first took the idea from a book published by 

 a lady, entitled. Unprotected Females in Norway, 

 and whenever I can, I always ride so, of 



