The sun., 1872-08-01
Reform IN HoRsEWoMANsHrp. :
The Reasons Why Ladies Ought to Ride
Man Fashion-A stride.

the possession OF our new play ground,
the Central Park, has, to speak technically
srurred M the equestrian tastes Of our citizens.
Let ~ hone that they will give rein to it without
check, until the fashional,le supremacy Of The
the more noble and manly use NJ horse hcsh
Civilized nations, Il saddicd with certain mob
berries, abuses, aud cockneylsms which should
10y en- abicr hand~the late frank Forresters
could have done 1t but, falling in that am for
a little plain talk with the friends Of boot aud
strrup and an appeal to common sense aealnst
mere senseless convent tionalities. practised from
fear Of Mrs. Grundy, or because none dare qtrts-
fcrred to was tho subject of nv article on
HorFemanship in NO. 1l2 Of this Journal, and
ing on the present paper. in which / Venture On
the modest suggestion of upsetting fashion Of
hyf hurdr9I rdreTdd ysdST1 Al s9pSSmS ., uobsm,
sort OF Richard n. ~ England, frst introduced
the fashion OF ladies riding sideways"
Anne of llohemia might have been at better
gpyiGsy, one-sided. perhaps, in more matters ttln
setting her husband straight, instead Of scaling
her ladies crooked, Richard n, might have been
a better king aud have kept his seat longer m
the back Of that "roarer " of a asaddle-beast the
British lion.
We'll, bohemian Anne, like other leaders of
ton, started a ndiculous fashion, end ali the
world, or at least "hls wife" followed II be-
cause Ii was fashionable then as now TO do as
the Queen did. But there IS neither rhyme,
reason, nor common sense In the mode. II *
unnatural, unraceful, and unsafe. Unsafe and
thgrareful, If for no otter reason than Nrcs %
II BE- unnatural. Ladies' ought 70 ride. - an two
p-l'c't luvcs't lails sI9utu' dstriuc' NnN non,
sen g l.r DiI,IsaIcd huihan m 81 IIelcnd 70 9a.S
doing so throw away the advantage wlich
'.Stsery 1 1eeniiibrnn WIN '''N '"a
That there il abroad an underrurrsnt of con-
sriousness Of the rdiculOusness aud danger Uf
lhlS 9no-slded fashion, we have abundant cd-
MN, iin, a., },c mi.n'uil@ All hs'eht of
.tI'i' 'cds'ht III ~ Wii''N
ea ete Wy & @dy irlehd, appalled, by me road snd ha
ncv+ M, bsrir, ,,,i,'crJ e, . y a ~.
o tse ins seul,e car No bgng. @ a ' Xxx M Why
gd 'N' '"'" '"'''e anu r'n' " ''n"fne oi hossiA
~! arg La!IVt ever penncd, hild ne does not
I I,, ~ - INV - ilau NY nplsc.',,nopie Nie"s-o-
Tbomas Prrortr IL y, ~ V,.,ieT IT, s,u ov.
dihs gris wsEe in sach EcS gh riiPp pG.ss,,ns Tho
renythcss3 Him gsirIIe as is ihe f1sh6n ~ *
ciuntrv but with All prbprtett they had a frn O. Al
and laughed at our approximations.
rade
p.nn,,d ,.,rla. ,,c only .,v ,,ais. r,ae ,tor,.
or g,"uiJ Sie sys s sor sr,c f,i ~, w. W.
gray, with pretty lp1i rccrng from her dilp ry sa
In pa,,, ,.,tbi,, +, fa,,. yaars A. ro, r,,. ,...-
aIs" a fas bi,u ~ Inc coi,ntrv Tor i,,ii M a. H vas
astriio. and nm Old I'nIf"d States Con.,Si c"o tHo
~, On go, NJ, GSn,arr, ,hc ,yifc of 80 ~, II, nas
prc.idont of IT,i u,nunie1 "inan fis6tnnsii,,
'alfhoifrh drcss ed a. a lndy), with nnf eo rnWs,
Jisn,,, - f,ot and ankle ne o,,r ieIics N.Y., ~
a strcet cro.sing nr On nm nr,nihms sto,, Svi9h
him ON bead ana enup ON b,'i {" sis h 'asI
a iced wtirb fry mon i'm lima da-oi 10 rIdc w
s,ron,, testi,nony tn tbe MISREPRESENTATION and
tnu,,or - o,,r si,Ia,,.sv st,Ic H. fa,,rJ i, o,,N
vSr,Isement "A fc,y yenIs a,,, intT d',,,,,c', i, ~
"uafent safety side-snddlcV Made Ia ui~ei an
obvious demand, IL WAS an attempt t. ren,Sa
I'M, ~ iGo nii,rtions 10 yvbst ,s,,. a, I,a
clumsy coptriyanrs to suit a ridicni1iis +, H."
snnaLing Of tbe iufreouencv OF iadis. ,,i,,' n'
| lie adve,tjsement says; ''N''s
- - y, - ,ya -. ,, ,.
Anu n 'eHos are asksa % WY ~ 'net s,e il9 o,,ei,ti
M .Iy ans a VA th 'J iesar ssav ~ n Ss' ,i C.y
h rso but ~ nunists he frame by it, uneaslness ~
scat as to put an thou gut. of the exercise lut Of mind
f'r week at least, after anything like on eHcnGtd
ride.
Tho Scientific A,re,{ccu recommended tbis
' ~ gdiaI,'p@ & DI,I iV-S & ~ ne'is r. '.,SV 70
com fori ILic uositlou and ivistod "a on com.
ut,t, alddles
MN ~ 81 sNuIes' S, - 49,. h,.i.,t.. ,,,,t, - AT
ncmr,bic rI ~ tf ~
th" ,bt lcg hin, LsdI, of,,1 se-ii,slr .i,afod
Ate iobs ride or Te2dersd ,npl.as3rtly and
i,,i,ri',',sI,S INI I,. - y = ri,,i,i,,;n
fr1n its s;;,i. WI nnsitioni' nd can ,nv o,se
| teIl Nbv tbi. awk kwarincss. inconvcnienne. ana
r.asun n" iiyen nvby iadies sho,,ia ride sdc,yeys'
or Shy tbty shnvid' pSt re 9e npt,,Te intensi
;rbc etoddlo oavcrtiser,ort obovo r,fer-o1 %
iustiv ,,rses tbst thc rCn,N,'n 40 &. ~
safe. but that is not enough; any sdc,sadde S
unsafe no mater what its arr,nrcr,cnt Of horps.
| rrooks and sent IL IA unsafe h, .atI.e II is a
| sidc-saddie. and for the simple reason that tho
| mitSriv dnnnnient nn ,jrtbs bucllc. ,td styr,s
| which may nj anv moinent buref bfrnE rin or
| i,nsen ana tnrii both rider AMI sod,ll, nii II
| Mace On the oiher hand ridin'. Ikr a man a
| tI,lv wouid have a tnan's ,,in - on nor iIG,se-
| thr Mold nom kre" 10 hin ,ybi"h render,
| hor."mnn in n measure indancnicnt Of rirfi >
| .ur,inple 10 n rood huricrl,u "A sli,E Ecued
| r..th is comuerntiy,ly 81 small ronsr.uet.,.
| In some military scLuois fcrl-,Il In AN n d, r,y.
| eIrNun IL tauuht 10 ride with sllrkcu.d tirth,
| Wns fold by An old Polls n officer thnl AIN, Ma
| fhe casn i'm tIS pru.slap ,Fhtols. and In a .t,r-
| ,ice N hich some IeAf, sin ,c kent mo much IN
| the saddle daily / made a practice Of accu,,uh-
| inc myself la tLe loose girth
| ihai a ii.ht. tntlg-lttins saddle can be kent in
place i'm niudtratc riding. by the hor-, iia.
| grip from KNEE to thigh, is think ~ demons
| trlbl, ~ Mr.. Rarcy's plan, which some ruadtrs
| " ~ remember, ui mounting 10 his saddle With
out gIths at all
I have conNetsed ON the subject OF this article
| with able phS slrians and suTgeuns all ui whom
| concur in saying that there are no good
| reasons why ladies should not, aud many good
| reasons why they should. ride like men and
that persistence IN the sideway style stands op
| conlenllohai prejudice alone. ,.,, 49,
Assuming tins position then, 70 DC wen taken,
there - wufu or TWO 70 De so!u OF tle h'Vesro'
RES Tor riding an cdpdtler, ana these tmotd,e IN
| themselves, no small portion Oh the adNaht'Ees
70 De gained ny cutths queen anne Inc
| long draggng, hutteflhg, nyihs hhpl + 10
o. ulscanded, Oh course; nveh an oTrulhaIy shI',
| despite tne example OF haaane panldtta' WI
| not uO W nav IL 10 DC tue Nostullts Lutnf ltlN