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knows his mistress, and if he does he is not 

 fit for inexperienced riders. 



I wish every girl was taught as I have been^ 

 *' that a horse can do no wrong." This made 

 me study the pecuHarities of every animal I 

 was put upon, and I have never had an accident 

 of any kind. Every horsewoman who loves 

 riding must be proud of the feats accomphshed 

 by Mrs. Power O'Donoghue in the side-saddle, 

 but would she be admired or respected as she 

 is if she turned out as a man and rode as men 

 do ? It is being able to sit square and ride 

 straight on a side-saddle, that we should be 

 vain of, and not wish to make^a change, which 

 could only bring EngHshwomen down in the 

 estimation of all those who are now so justly 

 proud of them on horseback. 



I am. Sir, 



Yours, &G. 



The Ladybird. 



December 18, 1880. 



Sir, — Will you allow me to make one or 

 two remarks upon a letter I read last night in 



