Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14


leans. French and German women as rule
are not good riders"
Near Central Park there are three OF
four riding schools and the managers say
,hst business has increased 100 per cent
auilas the last two years, Each school has
rom 70 10 te-chers constantly engaged
10 giving instruction These masters are
generally imported from London AZ these
scnoois they nor only teach you how 10 ride.
out they Will board your animal, provided
ne Is riding horSo. and keep him exercised
uurlng your summer absence, or they VIII
nlre OF lease to you for the season. horses
broken IN under their management
IN addition TO these riding schools there "
a riding club In Fifty-eighth street. near
fiIlh avenue. whose vice-president aud
leading spirit Is Samuel Borrowe. the father
Of H. Alsop Borrowe. made known 10 lame
/ oy being named as the correspondent IN the
divorce suit j. Coleman Drayton has brought
against his wife. formerly Miss Caroline
Astor. Mrs. Drayton used TO be one OF the
most expert riders in the city, and was: at
least LOT time. a member OF the Riding
Ciub. H. Alsop Borrowe 70 also an accom-
plshed rider. and Il vas recently stated that
,helr love for horseback riding hrst threw
mem together when Mr.. and Mrs. Drayton
ifured 10 their country place IN New Jer-
hey. near the home OF the Borrowes.
The most accomplished lady rider In New
YORK is Mrs. Holllster, hut Mrs Henry
Cle~s and Miss Clcws are close seconds. and
YRS Francis Hyde. the Misses Moller.
miss Heee. Miss Fey Mrs D. II secomb.
MISS Waddington. Mrs. Wadsworth and
Miss 2. c. angton would probably not
IKE to be considered as thirds In the race,
Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia arc the
only otner PAGES In the United states
where there Is any riding to speak OF, and
there is less in Chicago than In either OF
the other two
II ia nat an ,pco,nr,on thing even among
the fashionable assemblages In Chicago to
encounter PAGER throwing dust in the
eyes OF all the awkward riders OF trotters'
u PAGER bestrode by fashionable man
should appear on the Rotten Row or the
Bois de bouoRne-well the man never
would he fashionable any more--primitive
and natural gaits are lespissd.
II is utterly different In the South and
West. Take the Lexington. Ky. fair,
which has lately closed as an Instance
Here premiums arc given TO the best riders.
But the horses used by these prize riders
are not trotters. They are "all around"
horses. AT a touch. n word or n sign from
the rider the horse changes from rack to
trot, to a pace. TO a gallop, TO walk
The horses entered In these competitions
are sleek and plump and beautiful, with
long, black names and long sweeping tails.
Inc riders themselves are from the hest
families OF tho State. The ring Is surrounded
by tiers and tiers OF seats grand stand
that RUS ali the way around, and these
are oiled with the select Of Kentucky.
Each Noma- wears the color OF her IA
voritc rider In lhe ring. It has been said
that person can see In one glance around
'ho nmphitheater at Lexington Fair more
beautiful women than he VIII sec during
lne entire season at the theaters In New
York-the famous Blue Grass beauties from
all over the State are there.
In the far West the style Is different
again, II there can he said to be a style.
for there is little or no riding that eau be
classed as p0rk riding, probably because
the country Is new, thc people busy. and
the large cities poor, Even the horses Of
the West are different. In New York the
horses are sleek and trim and chopped
name and tail-in tho South they are
plump and glossy AMI long-tailed. In the
West they are scrubs In appearance but
ference whether the tail is short or not,
but If It 10 short II is not because II has
been cut that way to make It fasho able.
The prevailing gaits are the fast walk
and the gallop.
The saddle. too. arc different. In the
East we ride the English saddle, resting
low In front, bsoad in the rear, and with
iron stlrrups banging short, so as to enable
the rider to stand up rs his horse trots.
In the South the saddle is made after the
same pattern, but Is larger, and tho stir
rup strap In longer. In the West the Mex
lean saddle, with IT'S big pOmmel and slSee-
ton sides, is usrd. The stirrups are generally
wooden. and cover the whole forefoot The
stirrup strap is so long that the rider gets