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a lady; but now-a-days we recognise the 

 fact that a woman rides much heavier, in 

 proportion to their relative weight, than a 

 man does, and a lady's horse should there- 

 fore be chosen accordingly, with, if possible, 

 a stone or two in hand. 



A lady relative once told me a delightful 

 story illustrating the way in Avhich a lady's 

 horse is sometimes prepared. Staying some 

 years ago at a country house, she was 

 roused one morning by a great clatter 

 beneath her bedroom windoAV, and on 

 looking out beheld a groom leading a horse, 

 on the back of which two helj)ers were 

 with difficulty sustaining a giggling and 

 dishevelled housemaid. The motive of this 

 strange proceeding was explained by the 

 circumstance that the horse was one of a 

 batch going up for sale next day, and was 

 advertised in the sale list as having been 

 "ridden by a lady ! " 



With regard to not driving a horse which 



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