THE GENTLEMAN'S SEAT. 



It isj no doubt, true of horsemanship, as of 

 every other accomplishment, to attain to great 

 proficiency it is necessary to begin while very 

 young; and further, it is equally necessary to 

 have an inborn love for the horse, and to take great 

 delight in the exercise of riding. The writer 

 remembers when a young boy the pleasure it 

 gave him to be put on a horse's back in the 

 stables, where he would sit for hours together 

 enjoying the situation. Great proficiency, how- 

 ever, is not to be expected by the majority in any 

 undertaking, and riding is certainly no exception 

 to the rule, but it is quite within the power of 

 every person to become a tolerably good rider at 

 almost any period of life. " Bend the twig while 



