CHAPTER XII. 



EQUESTRIANISM.* 



THAT there is no exercise to be compared with horse- 

 back riding is conceded by all well-read physicians, as well 



as by all ladies and gen- 

 tlemen who have given 

 it a test. One has only 

 to look at a person re- 

 turning from a ride on 

 the saddle to see at once 

 the beneficial result. 

 The tinge on the cheek, 

 and ruddy glow on the 

 whole face and neck, is 

 a positive assurance of 

 the fact. It will prove 

 a sure cure for dyspepsia 

 in its worst form, if one 

 will but persevere in 

 the delightful recreation. 

 But some one will say, 

 " Oh, I cannot ride 

 horse-back ; it is too vi- 

 olent an exercise." And 



FIG. 241. Horseback Riding. 19 a - '-, , 



why I Simply because 



* By request of the writer, this paper was furnished by J. W. Robinson, Esq., 

 Of Portland, Me., a practical teacher of Esquestriauisin. of many years experience, 

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