CHAPTER III. 

 Riding for Women and Children 



NOWHERE does a woman look better than 

 upon a horse's back ; no costume is more 

 becoming to the trim and well-carried figure; while 

 no exercise is more generally beneficial, and none 

 may be more exactly graded to the powers and 

 abilities of the participant. 



True as this is, the reverse holds equally good. 

 No woman can look well upon horseback who does 

 not carry herself erectly, with straight back and 

 shoulders, and hollowed waist. No costume is less 

 adaptable to the slouchy figure, or tends more to 

 neatness and smartness at every point, even to the 

 most minute detail. No amusement has in it more 

 temptation to overexertion, and to carrying the 

 outing to excess; and no position W'ill so easily 

 tend to develop the muscles of but one side of the 



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