New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-24
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BALTIMORE HORSEWOMAN.
SHE BREAKS COLTS AND RIDES SPIRIT
ED sTEEDs.
The SECRET OF SUCCESS FEARLEssNEss- Ex-
PERIENCEs OF MRS ANNIE BENSON

AND HER ADVICE.
The following account OF how e woman may be-
a fearless rider and a good horse-breaker is
taken from THE Baltimore sun:
There lives in Baltimore County, near Fowbles-
burg. slender. blue-eyed country woman. who
years old. and her father used to put her on the
back OF great animal while he guided the plough
Jacob Benson, n prosperous farmer near Fowbles-
burg and Il Is said in the neighborhood that she
woman. =,
slim and delicate looking. She does not weigh over
no pounds, but is born rider; She has broken
OF buggies and had divers other experiences OF
the kind, but has never been thrown from the back
fronting girls just beginning to ride Mrs Benson
said; .
lies in not being afraid OF your horse This IS
the one great essential. but there are some other
gets on a horse. II she Is the least BIZ frghtened
e 9STSS kSM upon ha L hap
enss TO be thinking horse You simply have to
Woman n'S hes 'e ons " trouble in riding that
man avoids and that is the wearing of riding
hampers in every way. We have one horse our
the place which declines to allow a skirt rd to gGI
proaches OF attempts TO mount him he begins to
by sens him w hane he h,a' was not iooklng ami
when he had set of buggy harness on Instead OF
"a girl who Is learning to ride horseback SHOULD
start With very quiet horse one tnat VIII os s,ah me
moment she lands on his back; In mounting you
put your foot in ne b ben 5 yo
are fixed In your seat. and you would be thrown
HOW TO MOUNT.
The way every woman who knows anything
about getting n horse does IS to pull her steed
up to the horse block. or II you can't get horse
block, take fence or anything that VIII give You Il
stand. then jump from the block into the saddle
In
until you are seated and have your limb over the
pommel.
zone OF the greatest mistakes OF the city girl
IS to put foot clear through the stirrup as far
i will go II she Sa to s be W be
head downward. Just get enough OF your zoe IN y,
the stirrup TO balance you In the saddle. There IS
no such thing kicking loose when once you ma
yourself in this predicament -, .,so T..
three -pommel saddle. which is safe in every way
The extra pomme gives you something with which
So KEEP Tonr condeSHe AeT % girl
learned TO get on quiet horse to mount ANA roe
spirited animal and learn a little more orr,
bOT sticking Tick on 70 h1 h country 1 once YEAR and
des an old pongh horse up and down the
ch the o s has neS UPh
and bouncing herself sore, don't see any reason
retain confidence in herself and her power.
horse may leap and run; lump, or ANYTHING e TS.
only thing that ] cannot stand is when he lies
down and rolls Then think II is time 70 get OH
Some horses have unpleasant habit Of rearing
and plunging which is very dangerous thing TOT
the rider The only thing to do then IL TO SIP on as
quickly you can and with n strong JERK OF the
bride pull the horse over backward nad a
hfm hack over w stone pile He was so bruised
that he tried the trick again.
CROss-sADDLE NOT ADVISED.
ct do not think It would help a girl much TO ride
n Ar1de like a man. in managing her horse. have
ridden In that way. but | felt as IT, should the
horse start to run. I could not stop him Mt all.
The other day I caught one Of our horses in the
field TO go after the cows. / had a bride. but no
saddle and thought would ride astride. l got on
but found could not ride at all. ana had 10 change
to side posture.
BREAKING COLTS.
my method OF training colts IS hard TO describe.
7 simply put the bride and saddle them and
then get on myself When I in the saddle
I know they can't get out. ] ride of them
every day sometimes six seven miles to Hamp-
stead OF course make them travel slowly. and
never allow them TO run for fear OF weakening
their backs. II is not customary TO break colt
before he is three years old.
Nobody should ride horse without a whip. al
though IL Is far better 10 coax horse. III you can,
than to whip him. There are some hard-headed
horses who think for themselves and cannot be
coaxed In riding q booded horse there are times
when you need a whip to get out OF very tight
place. when amount Of coaxing would do any
good I always ride with martingale and a curD
bit The first. because II keeps the horses head
from being thrown up in your face. and the second
because II a horse has any gait at all a curb bit
will make him use II.
81 would not give good saddle horse for all the
BICYCLES or buggies In the world. and would rather
ride than do anything else know or