The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-06-16
SHE RIDES LIKE MEN,
roung western woman Gailops M,
Fashion ~ the streets Of Bost,,

Icurc Western Woma 1nllops ~.
Fashion IN the Streets Of Boston
The lady who may be seen r,d;r.
astride a horse in Washington street bs'
snch q penchant for horseback r;a;re
that nothing short Of an ayen,s !,
twenty miles day win satisfy her
She comes from the west, and, owp;nn
four western horses who are not accus,
toned TO the style Of horseback ridin,
most eastern ladies adopt. she has to use
the style Of western ladies' or have be-
horses eat their heads Off in their s,alls
Her name is Miss Nettie Littell and
inst now she is living in Roxbury. Tb;s
Is not the first time she has visited Re-,
ton. for she has ridden all over the cas-,
ern as well as the western states She
is likely to become quite a familiar siob,
on the country roads, because she is pas-
sionately fond Of horseback riding. She
is an apostle Of the divided skirt ON
horseback, and nothing could induce
her to ever ride any other way. She has
seen too many accidents caused BY the
"mock modest" riding habit, as aha
calls it, to ever wear one. She saws nd
ing on a side saddle gives horse the
saddle gall and then "setfast,r some.
thing which affects the horses back ike
frightful corns or bunions on man's
feet. Women get curvature Of the spine
by it, too, and a ten mile ride will use
them up so that they cannot ride again
for a week.
Miss Littell, on the contrary, rides
from 10 to 100 miles every day Of her
life, and is so confident of her ability az
a rider that she is willing to challenge
any man but one in the country, or any
two women, to ride horseback across the
continent, $3.50 miles, for any reason
able purse. One Of the women can ride
half way and the other the rest. Miss
Littell can saddle and ride all but the
most vicious horses. She rode in Man
chester, n. H., in November, 1890, the
vicious running horse Billy II, which
had Just thrown his jockey owner, Billy
Harrington, three times, the latter there.
by losing the race. In this same run
ming meeting she won first prize in one
race for women, in another such race
being passed only because the horse in
front of her threw his rider, who had
side saddle, dragging the woman for
half mile on her back and nearly kill
ing her.
Concerning the relative modesty of
the two dresses Miss Littell says:
mo lady can go riding on a side saddle
without showing every line of her fig
ure, whether it is good or bad, whilemy
heavily killed divided skirts hide every
part Of mine. All the ladies in Colorado
ride like this. You could not tell if you
saw me walking in my riding dress on
the street that | had not an ordinary
skirt on, so heavy is it. 1t is matter
of health too. l have scores of letters
from doctors commencing my good sense
and Judgment.
about my horses. | have four now,
a mustang which | bought because he
was being i'll used, but do not ride, and
three others which | do ride-Creole
Kitty, Buckskin and Black Jim. ride
Buckskin mostly. He is very ugly.
defy any man to go into the stall with
him and come out unhurt. Buckskin
kicks at every one but me when in his
stall. cannot ride Black Jim around
here, because often stop and children
touch my horse. Black Jim kicks at
any one who touches him. will give
Black jim to any one who is not a
western person who can take and saddle
and ride him. can do it. Creole Kitty
Is very kind and gentle.
81 use western saddle, and ride in
the sensible western style, not jumping
up and down like a monkey with the
horse because its English / can lay
silver dollar on a saddle, sit on it and
start at walk, go into a trot and then
INTO lope, or gallop, as you call it, ana
not drop the dollar. That shows how
closely sit on my horse. 1t is by far
the easiest way to ride.
MY dress is as follows: A velvet cap
or broad brim felt hat. with black os-
trlch feather; a black jacket, cutaway,
with braid la militaire; a waist Of
white flannel and tie to match. heavy
double killed, bifurcated skirt, walking
length. knickerbockers and high top
boots. Nothing is ever revealed by this
costume, no matter how fast | ride or
now strong the wind is blowing. Dos