The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-30

haLit used in ike side-saddie, but it is,
alter ali. a con- promise. and they are rarely
worth much in any matter.
/ am particularly fond Of riding al a trot and
thought should enjoy this gait 10 perfection IN
Tue efOsS-saddie, as u would be so much easier
for Ivy horse, bu: | find Il nearly Kills me; my
leet slip through The Nilrrups, and | cannot hold
Tue lfen under my Toes. cannot sit cree, aud it
Is impossible Tor ME 10 keep up with The horse
would be willing 70 wager that this lady,
too, is using q Mexican saddle Every
woman y lio first SETS out to ride astride
chooses this lumber wagon OF leather under
the impression thatitis more secure. Il is,
but it IS not built for women. The Mexican
women themselves do not use il. although
they ride astridr, although tie Hawaiian
women, who also ride man fashion, like it.
Generations OF civilized women living sed-
enlaTy lives and dressing foollshly have
given us race with large hips. short
feeble thighs and weak knees. These
structural defects are not 10 be overcome in
a day. The Hawaiian wemen. with their
ireer oui-of-door life, emancipation from
corsets ana the other abominable and in
curious contriyance of feminine attire
among older civilizations, are taller,
stronger and more agile than we. The best
saddle Tor woman 10 use in riding at
trot IS the Australian. The strTups hang
on line about with the leg. The proml-
nent kneepad is excellent for braeing the
knee against, aud the saddle is well thrown
ing an upright seat. If you are not riding
Mexican saddle perhaps you have one that
IS too low in front, or with the stirrups too
lar forward. 1t is not easy to learn TO
ride trOs well. Your right knes is
probably of little use to you yet, If you
have always been accustomed to having it
curled around the kneehom of a side saddle.
Keep up your practice, but don't try it too
long at time, 10 or 90 minutes day is long
enough until it becomes easy for you.
There is everything In practice, and the
tTot, once acquired, is the gait, par
excellence, for long rides, ana much
pleasanter in the cross-saddle than when
riding sidewiSe.
Last of all. an indignant woman sends
me newspaper clipping containing an
account of the arrest of two women in
Boise City, Idaho, for riding astride, aud
wants To know what think about il.
| don't think. 1t isn't worth while.
WHAT would you think If you heard there
had been dOdO discovered at Boise City?
The dod0 is quite extinct, and the sort Of
city officials who could arrest and ine
women for such an offense as riding astride
are in process of extinction. They will
soon be greater curiOsities than even a d0do
would be.
Ot course it was rather hard on the
women, but many things have been hard on
the women, my friend, for a great many
years. 1t doesn't excite your Indignation
so strongly, does it, to see a lot of women
standing in line at the City Hall waiting for
chance 10 pay their taxes when not one Of
them has the right TO say how the money
they paw into Tie ciiy's treasury shall be
used? Do you thrill with Indignation in
rejecting how The Christian churches place
restrictions around the women who are
their chief maintenance? Men are modest
creatures, dear friend. Don't blame the
officials of Boise City for rising in the full
strength of their outraged delcacy and
doing what they could to remove those
dreadful women from public view-they
know the men of Idaho better than we do,
and their motives may have been of the
wisest. Only, are you not glad you live in
California? MISS RUSSELL.