The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-07-20
nEALTnFuL WOMEN.
Horseback Riding Recommended BY
Neatly All Physicians. J,
New York Press. ]


real or Imaginary, In the ability to
move about . few feet above the or L
level OF s0anktnd- q
For many years our aidiug schools .
have been of ladies and gentlemen, =
some entering merely a. pupils and &
others choosing the ring for the exer.
else In preference to the park. The
latter place is the vantage ground for {
the really enthusiastic riders, and 1t Is I
q pity to think there 10 any injury In
the exercise, although the protest ID :
heard occasionally In regard to women.
It Is interesting to know the opllion
OF several Of the leading physicians on
the subject. DR.. T. GaiIIard Thomas,
who Is an authority on the ais OF
women, having given his time to their
study ell his life, says: +
81 advocate horseback riding most
thoroughly. consider 1t one OF the
best exercises we have. often order
it for my patients for diseases to which
violent exercise would seem opposed.
or course any exercise may be ind1lgedl
in too freely-bicycllDg, rowing, danc,t
Ing, walking or striving-so that"sa
woman will ipjure herself; but in
moderation know horseback riding |
to be very heaithful. believe row.
ling 90 be the most desirable action 1DrI
bringing sll-the muscles Into play, but't
] horseback riding comes 10 among thel
best possible modes of exercising the
body. The members OF my family
ride every day, rldo myself and send
4 numbers Of patients to the riding
schools.
81 cannot say that advocate riding
all day long and every day, as some
ladies do who 60 to the hunts that
have now become popular jim various
parts of the country butsthat is the
excess OF the exercise. A woman
might kill herself praying, but that Is
no sign that praying is not good.
Diving is not considered an luxurious
/: exercise by any meaEs, and still l
have known women VINO have, at the
. end OF drive, made jump from the
carriage to the ground and have fatally
. injured themselves. Not that jumping
8 Is always bad for women, but it ia the
! way 1t il done, aud 80 with horseback
. riding"
HDO girls who have been brought
up to ride make healthier women
a than those who have nOt?" DR..
9 Thomas was asked.
. "Without a Doubt" was his reply. .
# DR.. Joseph w. Howe, one Of the
= consulting surgeons at the charity hos
n pital, when questioned as to his opin-
> ion about horseback riding for women
said:
s.Iudulged in moderately there Is nc
more reason why h woman should no
ride than man. or course we cat
is kill ourselves eating or drinking OF
doing anything else in an extreme
way, which, done in an ordinary
manner, simply carries out the laws O
e existence aud health. l often ordel
K horseback riding for my patients"
II "Does il matter what sort of gait thu
x horse takes2 DIR. Howe was asked.
le Eyes, the movement of an UNFRAMED
y horse that trots hard would be IA
u more apt TO iojure a woman than th'
y. easy cantsr of q good animal. ] con
D. slider the latter gait the more desira
a BILE. Anything carried to an exttem
g. might become Injurious. Compare,
ID with horseback riding, dancing Is
l. much more harmful exercise. Ladie
D. dancing in a heated room and the
70 standing in an open window or goin
IS, out into the night air thinly clad ar
10 In far greater danger than those VIII
u ride horseback
h DIR. Mary Stafford, a physician {
9. wide experience In the treatment {
n women, said:
I'd 81 most earnestly recommend horse
Of back riding as healthful exercise. ]
II stimulates both the muscles and tn
he mind. Many women think they az
ne il, aud stoop and become bent wit
I'd the calamity which they suppose
e, upon them, instead of taking IN
I'll wiser method of healthful exercise an
C. occupation to work themselves out {
IN their uncomfortable state.''
e, DIR. L. A. Emmet, VIII ose name
lst we'll known as physician for women
ce when the question was put to him sale
"a sit depends entirely upon the ind
ns viCiual," and although the answer ha
nd the air of being little moro conserve
ed tive than the opinions Of the othe
he physicians, it may be taken as fl
he from an indication that DR.. Emmst
ee not an advocate of tho exercise.
sh 1t will be readily agreed that ladi'
81 have a more jaunty and trim appea
&c ance when mounted for a ride no.
- than they had a few years ago. Skir
en- are worn much shorter, and tho intr'
70. ductiou Of white or scarlet waistco
Dts Is far from being an ohjectionab
mt addition. There must not be au III
necessary inch used In the habi