Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

SO far as to devote a whole chapter OF a
treatise on riding TO the dangers In store
for small girls In the saddle, this In face
Of the fact that English youngsters for a
century or more have been taught to ride
almost as soon as they could cit up
straight. Today New York riding teachers
say tho best age for a boy or girl TO begin
Is 8. and timid mammas seem TO have
gone out OF fashion.
What Is more. girls are encouraged to
begin by riding astride. Later, says the
teacher, let them learn also to ride a side
saddle. The most accomplished women
riders In New York are equally at home
on q sidesaddle or a cross saddle and some
OF these exhibit remarkable proficiency.
One, who Is In the habit of giving week
end house parties at her country house
near New York, entertained her guests
on one occasion by jumping several hurdles
while on horseback with her arms folded,
the reins being knotted on her horses
Eeck. This feat led one OF her friends to
predict that before long bareback riding,
jumping through hoops and other circus
stunts will be added to soclety's private
entertainment schedule.
The increased emulation both to ride we'll
and to dress the part well, shown by New
York women has increased by one-thlrd,
It is said, the number OF dealers in fine
saddles, harness and similar wares, and
Of manufacturers OF habits, waistcoats,
neokwear, hats and gloves for women.
Even the jewelers. are gamers. Take the
crop, for instance used almost exclusively
in the park in place OF a whip.
A woman who wears a sterling silver
spur had a crop, mounted with a sterling
silver handle covered with chasing. One
OF the prettiest of New York's women
riders carries a crop with a gold handle
studded with amethysts sunk into the gold.
A third rider, whose favorite color is blue,
carries a crop having a handle studded
with %sapphires.
SO far jewelled crops are more plentiful
than gold spurs. but the tendency is to-
ward greater and greater extravaganza In
the accessories which permit Of ornamental
ton, said q ieweler who added that so far
he had been asked to set only real stones
in crop handles. /
Instead Of getting along with one rid
ing habit, New York women OF means now
have three at least. usually four and some-
times as many as six II they ride to the
hounds. Two summer habits, one for
autumn wear and q winter weight are none
too many for the average cider using only
one saddle, She who alternates between a
side and an astride saddle needs and has
twice as many habits. Not only, according
to a leading ~habitmaker, is the number Of
rabbits increased, but riders are far more
pa ocular about cut and style than they
, sed to be, paying almost any price for a
fit which makes them look their best on a
horse.
To do this is not so easy as II looks. 1t
takes an expert in fact to manage 1t, and
this class of work comes high. Neverthe-
less this tailor thought that there was
easily five times the demand now for the
highest grade work hat there was five
years ago. Said he:
$50 particular are some women for abb
sClutely correct effects that I have had
customers refuse to take n habit because
the skirt hung three-quarters Of an inch
below the stirrup instead Of being exactly
even with II, as is the fashion at present,
OF course the thing could easily be short
ened and we were glad to do 1t. ] only
mention 1t to show how careful some wo-
men riders are.
In matching the tie to the tint in the
waistcoat, surprising there is a certain tint
prominent in the waistcoat, and to have
the hat guard. when a guard is used. also
OF the same color, some riders are as care
full as If they were buying a horse.
'Of late the correct length coat has
stopped about eleven inches from the edge
of the skirt, but according to the height
Of the woman this measurement was varied
from ten to fourteen inches, and the study
given to this point alone has often kept
my filter engaged for one hour while the
| ct,ukaunar mounted and dtanooa.nkaH n
dummy and tried the coat on also standing
in front of a mirror.
There are no women in the world in my
opinion who now wear such becoming
habits as do Americans who can afford the
best. English women get as fine materials
perhaps. but they are less fussy about the
fit, they order fewer habits at a time anG
they wear one habit longer than is good
for trade"
The extravaganza OF New York's woman
rider extends to her saddle. At first women
riding astride used a mans saddle. Now
most of them want an astride saddle spec
tally built for women. of which there are
several in the market and which are made
with a longer seat and on a leather tree
instead of a wooden tree. Such saddles
cost more than a mans saddle OF the same
quality. Similarity users of a siSesaddle
sEow a desire for novelties, such as en-
terprising manufacturers are not slow in
furnishing. Frequently buyers of these ex-
pensive saddles have their monogram in
silver placed on the off side.
A convenience now included in up-to-
date riding outfits for women is a saddle
trunk roomy enough to hold a sidesaddle,
astride saddle and bride, a habit and hat
and a raincoat, a variety OF which is cut
for riding astride. This trunk may be had
In any color The smartest wrinkle is to
have it match the stable colors, and the
edges are studded with silver nail heads.
Raised His salary.
The board of trustees OF the Third Pres
byterian church has increased the salary
OF the pastor. Rev. Or; William L. Nc
Evan, from $500 TO 4 1000 a year. M.