The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-28
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Horseback Exercise.

horseback Exercise.
/ "Nay, You come to that si-, have not1Lc wi.
'e.t 'ncn III all ages, not excepting solomon him
seil-havc they not had their hobby-hur.es. their
running horse, their cuIu- and their cockle.hrll.
Their drums and their trumpcts their tiddlcs their
puleis, their maggots their but;crflie-. ."-SteTne
Believing that it is the duty Of medical men to
teach hygiene, as well as To practice so that 9th.
er' may learn how 10 avoid disease, and indeed
sometimes to cure vhrut /, actually upon them.
without resort to drug, We have determined TO
write short chapter on the subject Uf exercise,
and especially horseback exercise.
We assume, and vii attempt to illustrate. that
all exercise to be healthfli must 10 agreeable 49,
ne appetite i not improved nor the budy re-.
Heshcd by well digging. nor indeed, tie women
VIII bear me witGr--, by u week Uf house clean
M. Both afford abundant exercise, and perhap,
may be practceI even teurticilv bv those ac.
cu-tumri - severe labor, bur ueitleris calc,la-
ted to inyigoWto the man # sedeutarv habits T..
the woman of feeble health It 10 Of little use
liat tie student or he clerk Of the counting room
makes at e7enlug long and solitary walk to re
call the Gg;jc, aui bu-iur~svf the day; or seeks
solitude and lheccmvtcry to mediate upon death 3.
or that he walks IN any direction ot in any man.
ner, It he does not walk in the right mood We
speak now as physician. aud not a a moralst
" There Is time tur al, thlug,,' and 50 there is
certainly a time tur meditation aud thought. but
u Is not hen Te seek for health in exercise
study, whether m The closet OF the field. cxhausts
and dePresscs the body, aud welries the nerves
uI' "h"rrd boys, AMI Wild stampede--a steeple
chase over fences and bitches and stones with an
unresiraued shout and laugh sends the spirits
boundIng and caping through the veins. and aiycs
tU I..ft d
more lite in one broad, bur.ting laugh. than in
hours Of mechanical arm.strrtcLng, such a, is u.
u"ly pncticed IN boarding schools, and the vcry
name ct which, "Cali>Dhruics,' cold aud tccln..
cal, ], enough to chill the blood WHY not for
humanity sake give the poor girls. crlbb,d and
caoned hs they are all day 10y restraints. one
hout at least for 'rumpP Instead Of march
iuE them about IN platoons, and sLhjrctirg them
u Wearisnmc, mono touous drill. why are thpv
not let loose N the open pasture aud permitted 10
iyu.ic Ike colts, IN "a manner natural and uur,.
strained Because they are "youn, ladies' and
To romp is inconsistent with the dignity and nrp.
pricticS OF Indies, whether Young ur old.-y,ry
well then let them remain ladies, and crow nal.
and thin and sdllow. and feel L. and crooked and
let them die, or outye many deaths in an eyI-.
tcnce Of cCasc!uss suffering. CaiiIhcucs may be
very scnteel, and rumplng very Uugcutrc, but
that Is the business ui those who attend tn tho
P""Itue' "' me ana not ours. Ii Is our bu.
s'he's 10 'ea,h INA, ealisthencsls the shadow and
,,. ,ThP"E Is Tue substance ot healthy exercIse.-
VIZ" 'I's q1"uh'atgh' That when angular, me.
'"',''"'' 'olH'' motions aud attitudes can be
mace e"'e' Nunh5' '"rI also viii become in eN-
"'' "l,''u"h substantial modes OF exercise. 1t
J., "I~ '.'' "'n'rt ana gymnastics, differing not
S''H'IN rom '''l-'h'h', IN i'rm, have the adven
'"-o III "''' IN ,he "h"'auon which they inspire
~ cN''' anu ''. tkgttment and pleasure con.
N,i"'". uFu" '"'', "hi!e wiilary dri,l Is mnde
'","',Cr oE inc 'P'uP ana circumstance,
yF '.y "'"', 1' '"e uuI'e' ny The stirring notes Of
we "'' H'," ''",' ''," "N ''' hol't ana haste "t
S'e "."'c'S' a" ihe'" 'allSihencs seems 10
'","' H'I We protest against IT. introduction into
I."'''7' De,,.,'t VINE 'i occupies the place, /,
u'U, "'' ''.'" ,n' ''Hl''u"u- uI useful exercise.
We sp,"N 'I lOe necessity Of combining amu,e.
I"u"' VII" exercise u We would make 1t heaIthtul.
Observe n'" the p"wrro! the mind over the body
M'"suI',d 'a '"'"'''f case. H. being seated at
'no ''u.' WYNN good omuor before us, and a
GOO" "iP'"'" I" ''"'r,e H. sudden and affecting
"''''-','r is E''r'Ne| instantly the appetite !,
I".'' "".. 'Ic l'ou is '."'"'d' - IN degree Is
"e stomach P''P'r'' 10 receive and digest food,
W "' I"""''' 'N o'''N hihS when oprrntrs
P,,N",''' Vt ""P'"'I"''l upon inc mlnd. hrre
'"' ""'"'" ""''v lL' ''"d l. put ~ order Tor
"'' "''''S "o''' """ u '"' NoiA "l thr kitchen
''"'''' 80 W''"U'' '"n'S IOr want ni suN'en'
"''N'' ~ y WV " """" ''I'' upon tl' organ an
"'E"' 'p'''"U'N se"',No "hd caphcoUs, We
many "'l'." W. n'I''n'
~ ""'N'" "'"'N W tno performance ~
Ir''sS'un"I uH''s' anu i''' urea ana tint, and
n"'t s.ePi W.n"nt munger Ht hght' and again
WV ",'e T'gRgfn noon "nu ,ioe ir1m sunrise to
WV" ''u''''i' 'u'N,"h very 'l'ueehe