The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-12-24
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Lady "ROueh RIderp"
The J~r.ry Town ~hr.e wom-n RIDE
As'ride

A.'rtdc
Forty women in the saddle. wit b
legs astrle, and stretchel to stand
ing height in the stirrnp; jingling
spurs to boot heel; body erect,
shoulders thrown back and chin held
IN like major generals; cantering
fearlessly as Godiva through the
staring streets; galloping at daredevil
speed along the country highways,
leaPing hedges, jumping fences,
clearing ditches, the Lady Rongh
Riders" Of Hackensack are shaking
that snaid old New Jersey town to the
very foundation OF it's moral strnct
nres.
Horses and saddl, q and spurs, sad
dies and brldles and boots, with whis.
pers Of ecabarded aabres, are the talk
Of the day, says Dorothy Adams in
the New York Herald
Formerly speaking, and in social
registers, the "Lady Rough tiders'
are known by the comparatively in.
nocuons and more or less common.
plac" name Of the Hackenback RiI
ing club. It's forty members, drawn
from the best families Of the county,
and representing the most exclusive
society Of the town, range in age
from little girl OF 10 to tho white
haired chaperon Of more than 20,
and each and every mothers daugh.
ter Of them inciuding the white hair.
ed chapcron, rides her horse astride
or imam fashion," AS her modest
grhnGmotEer WAS wont to express
that then almost tunmentiouable pose
Ride this way once, and you will
never again nsn side saddle. do.
clar"d this up t. date grandmother,
AS sh" slipped dainty spurred foot
into the stirrnp and swung astride
her impatient horse, to show me how
ensiiy it WAS all done.
The horse and his white haired rid
or had Just few minutes before
pranccd through the wide gates Of
Cntnl pa villa, the Spence Borden
r"@!drnc", where the meet was TO
tax" place. She was TO chaperon the
crowd o! yonng girl who had await
ed her, and she had sprung from the
saddle with quite as much ease as /
had just seen her swing into it.
Nisions Of other grsndmothers
that / have known came before my
eyes rncmories OF dear, old fashioned
DANES "hO st less than II I have
watched making frantic attemps, with
the aid OF chairs and step ladde,s to
pile into low seated chaises
And so asked the new grandmoth-
or, "Doser.'t it make yon very tired,
tnrning these handsprings, and such
fast riding"
"Not Il Bit" she replied, springing
ont OF the saddle again and beg,nlng
to nnfasten the surcingle, preparatory
to the blanket drill which was to open
tn" morning. "Why, it's made me
twenty years Younger, this sensible
fashion OF ridinf. WAS too old TO ride
horse in the old fashioned, cramped
mp way that did when was yonng,
and my only regret is that | could
not have adpoted this style when 1
first began to ride, fifty years ago."
"And aren't you afraicd some
times," | asked, turning to the little
o.year old girl with the long hair,
who sat bravely astride Of paving
and dlminutive Irish horse up to all
manner OF tricks. TO which she
answered, rather inconsistently, |
thought:
- - "MeY Oh, Pm not afraid OF any
thing except cows. Pm awfnlly
scared OF cowes, though because you
can't trnst them like you can horses"
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