The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-03

through city avenues and park roads.
pleasant and cOmpaniOnable as now on
many delightful summer outing, Madame,
take her all around. Is a friend royalty
worth anv woman's having.
why" L ask myself. still considering
her, cannot every woman possessing
even a moderate degree of independence
have just such a chum and cOmpaniOn"
Half the time spent in an unproftaDl
round of sO-called social duties; half the
strength spent in empty visits Of cere-
mOny; half the money spent in maintain
ing an appearance demanded by both
" tbese-wOuid render such companion DOS
si6le and open UP heretofore undreamed
of avenues of health-giVing enjoyment
We are very rapidly coming TO the adOp-
ton OF new standards of life and educa ton
for women, and 1t will be happy day for
the race when the sex, as a whole, Will de-
maEd the same freedom to choose active,
healthful rational out-of-dOOT enjoyment
as the steTner sex have all along claimed.
The new era in the physical training Of
girls began with the introduction of GRO
quet, and has developed steadily until it
has reached ultimate expression in the
swift, silent safety and Cor few the
cross saddle. but the emancipation procla-
nation has not yet been read by all, and
unit 1t has been general good results may
not be expected.
But to return to my question regarding
Madame. There are many replies that
suggest themselves, all more or less
c9gent. why most women may not, or at
all events, why most women do not own,
manage ana enjoy good horses.
To begin with. niDely-Gine women out
Of hundred do not know how 10 select,
care for or manage really good horse.
The average woman regards anything
N ore than an equine cow as a beast of
prey, and in all her dealings with the ami
mai governs herself accordingly. Any
manifestation of spirit fills her with
alarm, and even when she has good cour-
age she has not. usually, good knowledge
with reference TO the animal she seeks to
control.
Then. too. the average horse-loviug
woman is not an agreeable person. She is
too apt TO exploit her foible. 1t is un-
pleasantly true that while one may spend
days together IN the company of a thor
Ough hOrseman. without once hearing him
put his hobby through its pGces
youl thorough horsewoman is sngu-
larry prone TO ride hers rOughshOd over
every avenue of conversation and field of
thought you would fam traverse. 10 fact,
iEere is no greater bore, as general thing,
than the woman who knows horses and
will talk nothing else. One such specimen
Is enough to make every other woman
thank her lucky stars that she does not
know horses witheTs from his fank-a
IUuRDplO from SlQEle-tTee.
As a general thing, moreover, the aver
age horSey young woman does not know so
very much alter all, and has always to ap-
peal TO some man, IN any real emergency,
so that her less well-infOrmed sister is apt
to conclude that horse lore is beyond a
woman's power, anyway, and thus to
strengthen her ignorance by STILL another
bulwark. There is nothing, however,
about the selection, training and man
agement Of the horse that an intelligent
woman cannot master, from choosing him
from herd 10 experimenting the shoeing
of his feet-usually considered an ulti-
mate test of hOTsemanship. The animal
IS not nearly so com pllcated creature as
a baby, the care OF which few women con-
slider themselves incapable of assuming.
Nor is there any reason why the posses
sion by woman OF even notable degree
of horse knowledge should cause her to
make a guy or bore of herself Horse
manshiD, like music and a knowledge of
Quadratic equations, Is an accomplishment
none the less ornamental because often
highly useful. Moreover, every prompt
ing Of humanity, to say nothing Of the
higher morality, should suggest the i'm
peTatiye duty of every woman and every
man to be informed IN regard to the attri-
butes. needs and peculiaTities OF this ami
nal, who, more than any other creature,
even the dog, is at the mercy OF the nu-
man race.
In this and succeeding chapters it is my
intention to lay down a few simple,
general rules in regard to the horse, the
application Of which by any girl or woman
cannot fail to render her quite competent
TO assume control Of one OF these useful,
patient and noble creatures with no fear
that she may be. all unwittingly, the in
hctor OF pain, the pare knowledge of
which, were she aware Of il, would cause
her genuine suffering
To begin at the beginning, we will sur
pose We have before us the task of select
!Dg horse.
admit that i: is q task before which
most men, even, would mOdestiy retire be-