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The lady should perform her first lessons with a 

 snaffle bridle, holding the reins in both hands, and 

 without a stirrup. When she has acquired some 

 degree of practice in the balance, aids, and gene- 

 ral government of the horse, she may use a bridle 

 with double reins, and hold them in the left hand, 

 managing them as we have directed in some of the 

 preceding pages. 



If the lady be but in her noviciate in the art, 

 we strongly advise her not to place too much reli- 

 ance on her own expertness, or to attempt too 

 much at first ; but rather, to proceed steadily, and 

 be satisfied with a gradual improvement ; as it is 

 utterly impossible to acquire perfection in the 

 nicer operations of riding, before the minor diffi- 

 culties are overcome. 



The lady, in all cases, should recollect that her 

 horse requires occasional haltings and relaxation. 

 The time occupied in each lesson should be in pro- 

 portion to the pace and animation in which it has 



