New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18

check rein still IN use in the States, and SAID she
would never allow it TO be put on horse OF heiS'
Il heard quite lew theory the other Day S"r
went on; "a man who looking at the pi's !
used for my horse said the little balls that pIa!eu
loosely in the horses mouth We're TO attract ms at
tention so he would forget TO be mean NOW
think only a coward would ride horse oeheVii's
that the animals attention must be 50 taken up
that he might forget TO be mean. think the
more freedom YOU give horse the better tenn
pered he is and the better he will 60 10 prove
my theory | trained a little horse OF mine SO as
to do away with the reins entirely. guidcd MN
with my whip. by touching him on either side OF
the neck. The pleasure Of riding was Increased
twofod in that way: 10 have the freedom OF one s
hands was delightful. | have raced with the same
horse and he went much better than he ola with
the rcns ! have ridden leagues and leagues be-
side q man who believed in holding In his horse
and at our journeys end his horse was black with
perspiration and foan-fecked while my little black
was only perspring under his trick saddle-cloths.
and there not speck Of foam on him
Referring again to cross riding or the use OF the
side-saddle Mrs. Van Gorder said
"A woman can learn 10 be just as secure IN her
saddle man can be- in fact. more SO, Tor me
pommcl over her left knee. if properly used. makes
horses mead ana the proper use Of the two pom
mels one over the left knee and the other under
the right leg, makes it almost a. impossible 10 DC
thrown from one side the other. a woman can
ride just as far and Just as fast as man ana win
d1e but keen a firm. though light. seat take each
of the horse sn9 let al he mE oss y h
horse is the thing one need not assume b an nn
ones self as comfortable as In the easiest or easy
chairs
natives OF South America: not the naughty senorita
show of her fine clothes. but the camp giri:
This is the saddle used entirely in the country
places. The natives make great fun OF the small
sight Of a Mexican or Western cowboy saddle.
When we would dlsmOunt in street Of the small
towns, where we would 10 from the estancia 10
shop, crowd would soon collect 20 examine our
saddles These people have poor opinion OF a
'gringos riding If il requires 50 many pommels TO
Their .rccado is a made-up, affair and put on in
made mat or a lew old coffee bags. as The case
may be. on to the horses back ana pat them well
saddle -tree-archcd low in front and back; II Is
hollow in the centre and covered with leather; 10
strsppod on With T the grin or cncn Two inches
wide; IL passes the recado and Is fastened into
The great iron ring Of the girth. In this ring the
iasso is also fastened on top Of al are dhF0w own
washed. combed. and sometimes ooiored vlvid
tint, MA. ou,,,,.,, o.
show the head and tail arch Of the recado-lor inc
camp men put most Of their money into a fancy
silyermounied recado. and the arches will often
over this last skin is thrown a piece Of tanned
eaynr , 9eeT oG 0r Bn of the sheepskn sa as
fringe. brght-co.ore! cinch is thrown over THIS
last skin and tied down by a narrow strap passing
over the girth Then YOU have native recado-
nicely rounded mound of skins, well strapped on
and not a pOmmel or horn OF any Kind for safety
Yet native girl VIII sit it with the greatest ease
and grace. and often one sees two girls. one on
, the TccadO. the other on the hors" beh'nd the
recadO. and away they 70 on a gallOp.
cone day poor woman arrived at the estancia.
asked for work. and with her were three small
children a baby OF two months was tied 10 her
by q handkerchief the second sat In her lap the
third Il little chap Of four years, chung on TO the
mother. sitting behind her the bare horse the
woman riding recadoi
"Oftentimes We would pay visits on horseback;
] In tho saddle. with my baby In arms. and my
nurse girl native pony and recado. holding
the other child In her lap, would go for many
miles.
80. YOU see. did some riding in Argentina that
was after the native custom, and horseback exer-
else one OF the peasantest features Of my recol
lectons OF my stay in South America"