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bach in it, and have been mucli pleased with it, 

 and also much amused with the correspondence 

 thereon, but I never expected to see ladies' 

 change of seat advocated, and am so glad 

 to-day to find that it is. 



SiE, — Permit me to state that the object 

 in having the screw rowel-pin in the spur, 

 recommended by me for the use of ladies in 

 your number of November 13th, is in order to 

 enable the wearers to use a mild or a severe 

 rowel, according to the requirements of the 

 horses they ride. I am very much against 

 sharp spurs for ladies (or gentlemen either), 

 unless they are absolutely required ; but 

 from some experience, both at home and 

 abroad, I am quite convinced that the wearing 

 of a spur should be the rule and not the 

 exception. If the rowel is moderately sharp 

 only, no cruelty can arise, less I maintain than 

 in the use of a whip. I strongly object to the 

 use of the sheath spur because of its severity ; 

 it must be applied with a hick to be of any 

 use, and the effect is usually much more 



