28 The Lady's Horse. 



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Although the lady usually has a horse selected 

 for her, by some gentleman, either of her own 

 family or her acquaintance, it may not be inexpe- 

 dient to inform the fair reader of those qualities 

 which, combined in the same animal, may be said 

 to constitute a complete lady's horse. Such a 

 creature, however, we must observe, is exceedingly 

 difficult to be procured, even by those possessed 

 of' the nicest judgment on the subject ; and, to 

 whom, the usually important question of price is 

 not an object of consideration. 



The beau ideal of this kind of horse is superla- 

 tively elegant in form, exquisitely fine in coat, and 

 unexceptionably beautiful in color ; of a height, 

 in the nicest degree appropriate to the figure of 

 the rider ; graceful, accurate, well-united, and 

 thoroughly safe in every pace ; "light as a feather" 

 in the hand, though not at all painfully sensitive 

 to a proper action of the bit ; bold in the extreme, 

 yet superlatively docile ; free, in every respect, 

 from what is technically denominated "vice;" 



