New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
RIDING FOR WOMEN.
THE HABIT AND EQUIPMENTS.


Having secured your horse, the next items Of
expenditure will be for habit and equipments The
whole and substance Of getting satisfactory
riding outfit, is contained in the words The best Is
the cheapest
In giving directions last week concerning the horse,
the writer did advocate going to the highest priced
most noted stables does he In this case advise
patronizing the fashiopabe saddlers and haDlt
makers. There great deal of truth in the remark
that those who buy at hand pay for the accom-
| mOdaton one living on Fifthave. or close 10 IL on
Of the streets crossing the dividing line OF tile
metropolis would not think she was cheated II on
stepping into a gorgeous establishment around the
corner, or two or three blocks from her home she
secured accoutrements for which she had to pay from
10 TO 80 per cent more than they would have cost
| her In shops further downtown. But just as good
| materials and Just correctly made up goods can
be secured downtown uptown though these remarks
should not be held to invaldate my first remark The
best is the cheapest
If go into riding at all it is only fair to give
il fair chance by getting suitable appliances. There
very few enterprises amusements that Will give
much unless fairly tried There can be no more
pleasure in riding with unsatisfactory horse, poor
saddle or an ill-fttng habit than there would be
advantage be gained from the pleasant exercise OF
rowing IL tried 10 pole along in tub. If you get
cheap OUTFIT it viii cost you far more in the end.
The writer of this article knows young man whose
first satisfactory pair Of riding trousers cost $50 In
money say nothing of many expleves and the
loss of time You see he bought three cheap pairs
| first An original outlay Of S35 would have given
him pair Of riding which would have fitted
perfecy would have been suitable for either winter
or summer horsemanship; would have been the night
things TO ride In either to boots shoes and with
the regulation stitch in time would have been good
| for several years wear
That's the way it is when young woman wants TO
| start in riding She must make up her mind that
nrstrate outfit consisting of saddle bride, whip,
spur, habit tights, hat, gloves etc, will easily cost
her between 300 and $780, and II she doesn't pay out
something like this amount in the first place. dissats-
faction with cheaper goods from less efficient makers
will her double or treble as much before she Is
done OF course. she might get tired Of equesrianism
in very short time and cheap outfit would be Just
as well 10 throw away a good one; but experience
is against her. II you begin riding you are apt TO
| keep 1t up. Equestransm is something like jour
nalsm you know they say: ." Once newspaper man.
| always newspaper man."
After YOU have been riding little while-especially
il you 90 In most beginners do, heels over head
you will find yourself wondering what on earth there
s in IL anyway and arguing the folly Of making
one toilet to start out In the saddle and another one
when you get back This vein will continue TIL You
| saw "Oh let II go anyway / think will sell my
horse and give il upit is easier 10 drive" But some
wise brother wise father doesn't promptly execute
your order to sell the horse and in few days you find
Yourself longing for the stable You drop into the
| riding academy. or wherever you are keeping your
steed and he rubs his soft against your arm so
lovingly that you say "Oh, well will take Just one
more ride before l let him 60" Then the passion all
comes back. You didn't know 1t. but II had been
training for an athletic contest your trainer would
have known when your love OF the exercise first began
10 wane that you were a little bit overworked' and
he'd have ordered a. let up" Nature and circum-
stances accomplish what would have been his purpose.
Then you will go into it more heartily. but perhaps
little more circumspectly. The strongest proof Of the
valne Of equestransm is the number Of doctors who
adopt IL, and the great number Of long time practi-
toners GO TO any Of the riding academies and see II
this is not true Fully ten per cent Of the male pa
irons of Durands the Central Park and the Boulevard
are members Of the medical profession Then there Is
such suggestive Endorsement that Of Bishop Potter
the Rev DR. c. H. Eaton, Miss Anna II. Bracket and
| Mayor Hugh ]. Grant.
1adv,s saddle a something in the shape Of leather
| with pommels that a woman may ride horse upon.
may bo purchased for as low as S13. Such rig has
welted-lnS pommels and carries but single strap
A much costller accoutement for any kind Of steed
except street car horse IL would be hard TO find; for
this kind OF a saddle has but single strap and any
body who knows anything at all about horses knows
that even with the best double and triple arrange
ment OF girths e-saddle is harder horse than
| s a mans saddle. very rich woman might anoru
| 10 buy s15 saddle very good saddle, with laid
ons bolster and full complement Of straps, may be
/ hOught for about 500 Inc DcSt ldu5 A"A'
skin safe skirt and all skin slap with inserted
doeskin seat sewed let n with full cutback tree
that can't possibly hurt your horses wthers. costs in
| some places about 800 in others as much as S135.
The best kind Of sidesaddle that has yet been de-
yised has a neat hap-pocket with srrup strap hole
in the skirt which allows the strap TO play with per-
feet smoothness and admits possibility Of the dress
beng caught and torn even frayed. There is very
little demand for the white doesn seat although 1t is
dainty because of the difficulty Of keeping 1t white and
clean white seated saddle should only be purchased
II you are able to have groom and your own
uryate saddle room. Unless IL Is kept covered with
canvas when not in and cleaned frequently, IL
soon takes away much from the fine appearance OF
the rest OF the saddle. speaking OF the groom and
the care OF the saddle recalls the fact that many ladies
are deferred from riding because they think they must
have a groom accompany them on all their expedi
tions II is best Of course, 70 have groom, but he
Is not absolutely necessary in Central Park or River
| side In early morning at least. One often meets
ladies alone In little cavalcades, riding without any
thought Of male escort, In the Park and on the up
| town drives.
| A new saddle Is like new shoe; II Is nothing
| like so comfortable old one. good thing In
getting the saddle handy" is 70 buy some saddle
cream and have 1t rubbed into the saddle and bride
leather frequently and thoroughly. 1t will make your
saddle delightfully."- flexible. bright and comfortable, and
turn your bride reins into silken ribbons Unless
you veyy much above or below the average sLe'
You need not worry about the size OF the saddle as con-
Germs yourself any more than large" 81 SMALL or
medium but IL is well to have saddle stufer ad-
Just y9pr saddle 70 yRur horses Asethsr queer lns