The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-12

fence or anything that will give you
stand, then jump from the block into the
saodIe. Don't think of putting your foot
ia the strrup until you are seated and
nave your limb over the pommel
one of the greatest mistakes of the
city girl Is to put her foot clear through
the stirrup as far as it will go If she
happens to be thrown her foot will hang
IN the stirrup and she will be dragged
mead downward, The thing is to Just get
enough of your toe in the strrup to bal
ance you in the saddle. There is no such
thing as kicking loose when once you find
yourself in this predicament.
The only kind of saddle for a girl to
ride rs three-pommel saddle which Is
safe In every way. The extra pommel gives
you something with which to keep your
SELF from going up In the air and
strengthens your confidence. After a girl
has learned to get on a quiet horse to
mount and ride him in fairly good form.
she ought to graduate to more spirited
animal and learn little more about stick
ing on horse than the ordinary girl
who comes TO the country once a year and
rides an old plough horse up and down
the road.
When the girl has learned to Iope her
horse at nice gait and to enjoy herself
without humping and bouncing herself
sore, don't see any reason why she should
confidence in herself and her power. A
horse may leap and run, jump or any
thing else with me and don't mind 1t In
the least The only thing that I cannot
stand is when they lie down and roll.
Then l think it is time to get off. Some
horses have an unpleasant habit of rear
ing and plunsing, which is very danger
Gus thing for the rider. The only thing to
do then is to slip off as quickly as you
can and with a strong jerk of the bride
pull the horse over backward. / had
horse rear with me once like that and 1
pulled him back over stone pile. He was
so bruised that he never tried the trick
again.
Il do not think it would help girl
much 10 ride astride like man, in man
aging her horse. l have ridden that way,
but l felt as If the horse started to run
l could not stop him at ALL The other day
1 caught one of our horses in the field TO
go after the cows. I had bride, but no
saddle and thought I would ride astrde.
l got on, but found 1 could not ride at all
and had to change to a side posture.
Some time ago l nearly had a serious
accident with one of our horses. l had
driven him eight miles to visit some
friends and coming back about two miles
from home, he started kicking. He kicked
and kicked until the buggy broke and
the lines were the only whole piece of
harness left. The buggy was wrecked, but
l managed to get the horse in a fence
corner and after pulling his hind feet out
of the wheels put the buggy robe across
his back and got on him. That morse
backed and whirled all the way to the
stable, and do what l would l could not
get him to head around.
Il am breaking two colts now that will
make beauties. One was two years old
on May %, and the other is a few months
older. My method of training Is hard to
describe. l simply put the bride and
saddle on them and then get on myself.
When l am once In the saddle l know
they can't get me out. 1 ride one of them
every day, sometimes six or seven miles
to Hampstead. OF course they are so
young that l make them travel very slow
ly and never allow them to run for fear
of weakening their backs It,is not Gus
tomary to break colt before he is 3
years old, but these were such big fellows
that 1 thought they could stand it.
MY husband never rides horseback and
would not get on one of the colts for any
thing. My daughter, who is II years old
Is afraid to ride a horse, although she
drives nicely. and l am The only one in
the family who does any riding. l would
not give a good saddle horse for all the
bicycles or buggies in the world, and
would rather ride than do anything else
know.
Nobody should ride a horse without a
whip, although IL is far better to coax a
horse, If you can, than to whip him
There are some hard-headed horses, who
think for themselves, and cannot be
coaxed. In riding a blooded horse there
are times when you need a whip to get
out of a very tight place, when no amount
of cdaxing would do any good. l always
ride with a martngale and a curb bit
The first, because 1t keeps .then horses
head from being thrown up in your face
ana the second, because If horse has
any geit at all curb bit will make him
use It,"