32 The Art of Biding. 



elicit the remark: "How well that lady rides!" 

 or, " What a graceful rider ! " On the contrary, 

 her riding will create a feeling of uneasiness that 

 she may possibly come to grief, by being thrown 

 from the saddle she sits on so awkwardly. I say 

 she may ride with "comparative" ease to herself, 

 but it will be an ease, if I may so speak, that will 

 be acquired by the expenditure of much unneces- 

 sary muscular effort, and will result in great 

 fatigue to the whole body, if the riding be con- 

 tinued long. Moreover, the grace of the figure is 

 entirely destroyed, for the time, by an awkward 

 seat. 



A lady may possess a perfect figure, graceful 

 and pleasing in every movement, but every charm 

 will vanish the moment she mounts her horse, if 

 the A B C-^as I may call a correct seat — of 



