Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-06-20
From the American Agriculturist.
LADIES ON HORSEBACK.


LADIES ON HORSEBACK.
Learning that our article on Saddle
Horses, few months ago, interested ma
ny, and was the occasion of bcnefitting
several invalids, the writer will now pre-
sent few hints on female equestrianism.
AS mere accomplishment for young la
dies, it ranks high. Perhaps in no place
do female charms appear more fascinating
than in the saddle. You may think it is
the jaunty cap and plume our Belle wears,
or her flowing dress, or the fresh color
which riding brings to her cheeks, and
the sparkle it gives her eye; you may say
it is the spirited motion of her palfrey,
or the contrast between his rugged strength
and her delicate beauty. Analyze it as you
please, it will yet be confessed, Certainly
by every young man open to conviction)
that Belle never looks so charming as
when on horseback. We have heard of
more than one succeptable youth who has
lost his peace of mind by witnessing such
a sight. Indeed, to old or young, it is
very pleasing. And then, if to this sight
you add several young ladies and gentle
men in different colored dresses prancing
along the highway together, you make a
picture worth looking at.
The healthfuhess of this exercise, few
will question. 1t tends to give a young
lady an erect posture; it strengthens her
arms, chest, limbs; expands the lungs,
gives tone to the stomach, and clearness
to the brain. If the digestion is impaired
it will restore it much quicker and better
than pills or bran-bread. The fine effect
it has upon the spirits is enough to recon-
mend it. How much more enlivening it
is than rolling lnxuriously over smooth
road in modern spring seated, close-cov-
cred, elvet-cushioned carriage Yet,
many of our signing young misses pre-
fer the latter, it is so much more refined 7
They think their complications of satin
softness and lily whiteness, would suffer
from the exposure of horseback riding
Did you but know it, young lady, nine
out Of ten young gentlemen would be more
pleased with you, if your complexion had
the healthier tinge that comes from vigor,
Gus exercise in the open air Who has
not heard of invalids so weak that they
had at first to be lifted into the saddle
but who by steadily pursuing horsebacl
riding for period Of weeks and months
: have recovered vigorous health ? All o.
us have known invalids with pulmonary
affections, who having tried the prescrip
, tions of doctors of every school in vain
, and having travelled to the sunny south
to little purpose, have at last tried the
saddle, and gained therein more advan
tage than from all things beside Many
lady needs outdoor exercise, but il
! too feeble to walk a great distance
: Mount your horse, then, not your luxu.
rious carriage. Mount your saddle ant
YOU will find your weak back strengthen
ed, your nerves braced, your headache
dissipated, and every part of your system
toned and invigorated Your horse will
do the hard work for you, and yet Civ
you all needful exercise. He will bea
you over the hills and far away into thu
woods, to gather flowers, and se
! the birds and if you like, dowl
yonder gorge to see waterfall, and owe
, the bridge to certain farmhouse to visi
+ some friend, and see her pleasant occupa
: tions. Wherever you will, you can ride
and then come home refreshed and inspir
tied with new health. In England tn
9 ladies ride horseback more than in tn
D northern United States 1t often forms
part of their education to learn to sit il
the saddle gracefully, and to manage
horse with skill. In the southern state
! of this country, it has long been very