Exercises in the Paces. 113 



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Although our limits will not permit us to enter 

 into an elaborate detail of the lessons taken by a 

 pupil in the riding school, it is right that we should 

 give the learner a few useful hints on the rudi- 

 ments of riding, and not devote our whole space 

 to the improvement of those who have made con- 

 siderable progress. While we endeavor to correct 

 bad habits in the self taught artist, — in the pupil 

 of a kind friend, an affectionate relative, or of a 

 mere groom, — to confirm the regularly educated 

 equestrian in the true principles and practice of 

 the art, — to remind her of what she has forgotten, 

 and to improve upon the knowledge she may have 

 acquired, — we must not forget those among our 

 young friends, who having never mounted a horse, 

 are desirous of learning how to ride with grace 

 and propriety, and who dwell at a distance, or do 

 not feel inclined to take lessons, from a master. 



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