The Placer herald., 1868-12-05
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A Horseback Ride.

est surprise TO me to see how long it takes
some people to learn to do things up in style.
Now, have known some very we'll inten'
toned and otherwise respectable men who
we're actually weeks and even months in
learning TO make graceful appearance on
horseback. never rode horse in my life
until few days ago. yet my frs, attempt
surprised everybody From my experience
on lba, occasion am satisfied tina, riding is
my strong suit
The other day one of my young lady friends
requested me to 60 out riding with her
She asked me If was herseman. | told
her hsVsl was. AS said before, had new
er been on horse in my life, but knew
could ride just as well as anybody. and then
when girl is concerned, | never allow my
self to be ignorant of anything. Girls al
ways admire man who is thoroughly
posted. .-....+
Early on the morning of the appointed
dav was at the door Of her house with two
fiery steeds For filthy lucre a bighminded
individual had kindly consented to allow me
the use of these quaJrupeds. They we're
respectfully denomlnated by their owner as
Lazarus and Bonapare. Before copfidng
them to my care. he assured me, with tears
in bis eyes, that they were Of priceless value
and requested me to be very careful with
them.
The Young lady, whose name was Flydinka,
came speedily forth. and assisted her to
mount. | knew nothing of the orthodox
method Of helping a lady Oh her horse, but
with my usual address | succeeded in doing
it very neatly indeed. know il was done
up in Vie, because her venerable father who
was standing in the door watching me, was
so struck with admiration that he sat right
down on the doorstep aud said "he'd be
blowed."
The next thing was to mount myself
lhas is, don't want the infatuated reader to
ink that had any intentions of irving to
get on top Of myself, but merely that wish
ed to ascend the other horse. | thought that
by placing my hand on the pommel OF the
saddle and springing into my seat with airy
eh,ness, | would as,oDish Flydnka. |
thought correctly, as she was astonished.
Unfortunately | didn't strike in the saddle
quite right and concluded to come down and
try it over again. came down on The other
SIDE OF the horse on my head. Fydinka
screamed. The whole family came running
out to the rescue. The old man picked me
up and asked mo what | meant. He said
must be darned fool. After he had assist
ed me on my horse told him that differed
with him in opinion and advised him to keep
cool and allow me TO manage matters in my
own way.
As we started off, Fydinka, who bad
somehow cot foolish notion in her head
that | couldn't ride very well, asked me II |
thought | could sick on # we should 90 fast.
I told her Indignantly that ] considered my
self capable of sticking on under any CIR
cumstaDces. Thereupon she urged Bona
parte into galIop. Lazarus followed suit
10 show ber how easy it was to ride on
horseback, / took my feet out of the stirrups
and commenced jumping up and down IN
the saddle AT every movement OF the gal
liant animal which | beslrode, rose in ehe
air about two feet. My companion was be-
side herself with admiration and delight, and
informed me that my appearance was re-
markabIe in the extreme. She thought,
however, that we were going little too fast /,
and proposed that we should trot Accord
iugy we trotled.
II is frequently said that it is difficult
matter to ride a trotIing horse easily. This
is a mistake. | did it with the greatest ease
imaginable. let 60 Of the bride, took hold
of the pomme of the saddle with both hands
and held on without any help The horse
couldn't have shaken me oft If he bad tried
ali day. Ii was 80 easy, in fact, that ! bad
no use whatever for the stlfrups, and felt but
very little anxiety about the saddle. feel
proud. sven now, to think how astonlshed
Fiyduka was She probably had no idea,
when we started, that | could ride SO well
People will be deceived sometimes
Abou, this time we passed several other
persons on horseback. They all seemed
struck with my appearance One man ap-
peared particularly pleased with my style.
Judging from his actions that he was just
learning to ride himself, thought it would
only be right to stop and show him how
did it. Flyduka, in very perverse way,
refused to bear of such thing and insisted
on going home. She iptimated that | was
attracting too much attention. She seemed
to be quite cross about il. saw imme diote'
Iy how it was-that she was little jealous,
because folks admired me more than they
f did der. Girls are SO apt to be jealous and
unreasonable, anyway. AS she insisted on it,
we had 70 60 home. didn; ride any more
that day, intend to practice frequently in
the future, and have some thoughts OF open
Ing riding school. PETER POST.
f A young lady lives in Lansingburg, New
York. She plays The pado. A flock o.
} geese are in the habit of sporting in the rlv
er beneath her window. When they hea'
the young lady play, if they are ever 50 fa'
away, they gather near to get the music, ano
they remain so still throughout that yol
could hear pin drop.
i A man 10 BattIeboro (vL) who bad no
. shaved for seven years, was shsared lately o
} three feet six inches.