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capable under the saddle, as there are a great variety of 

 works imparting this knowledge in full, which are easily 

 accessible by those who desire it. With these suggestions, 

 and sufficient practice, any one may enjoy this the best of 

 all modes of exercise. 



If people would generally adopt horseback riding, they 

 would starve out half of our doctors, and would live in the 

 enjoyment of much better health than they now do. I 

 will give here one of the many cases of restoration to health 

 from this exercise that have come under my notice : A 

 lady (whose name I will omit) came into my riding-park 

 in a hack from her home about a mile distant. I arranged 

 a stand so that she could step upon it, and sit down in the 

 saddle without any effort. I led the horse around at a 

 walking pace for about twenty minutes, when she dis- 

 mounted quite exhausted, and was taken home. The next 

 day she came again in the carriage and took another short 

 lesson, and so continued to do three or four times a week 

 for about four months. During this time she gained in 

 strength to such an extent that at the expiration of the 

 time she rode by car to Boston, a distance of twenty-five 

 miles, did some shopping, thence to Cambridge to dine with 

 her mother, and then returned home and rode ten miles on 

 horseback. At the end of her ride she said to me, " I feel 

 no more fatigued than I did this morning when I started 

 for Boston." 



This is only one of the many cases that have come un- 

 der my observation of regaining health from this exercise. 

 Let every one have good practical training if possible, but 

 get the exercise at all events, if you cannot have the train- 

 ing. 



In corroboration of what Mr. Robinson says on the ben- 

 eficial effects of horseback riding, I copy the following par- 

 agraphs from a valuable little work on " Horseback Riding 

 from a Medical Standpoint," by Dr. Durant, of New York : 



