Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-14

the riders, and that she considers the
movement back to the saddle for glow
and health an excellent idea and one
that is bound to succeed.
One of the charming horse enthusiasts
who stepped from luxurious limou-
sine on one of the park drives yesterday
afternoon and walked through the
green but fall-tinged grass OF the jump
ing field in order to tell the promoters
of the back-to-the-saddle movement
that she is with them was Mrs. Joseph
NJ Stoddard.
Mrs. Stoddard is skillful and ex-
perienced horsewoman, and her advlce
was asked as to the most convenient
riding outfit for women who want to
get back to the saddle. She thought a
most comfortable and economical habit
would be the combination of a Khaki
skirt and one of the sweaters which
are now so popular and one OF which
nearly every girl and woman owns.
Horseman's Famous Saddle.
One of the recruits who rode into
the jumping field yesterday on horse
which took all the jumps in perfect
form was Albert Stabler. He has not
heretofore been prominently identified
with the park jumpers. but he does not
hold that against them. He has been
riding for forty or fifty years, and the
feel of a good hunting horse and
the voices of the hounds keep him
young. He came to the meet yesterday
with saddle which. after his horse.
is his chief Jewel. 1t was the saddle
which Theodore Roosevelt used both
before he came to Washington and
while he was President. 1t is heavy
and in the high cantle embossed in the
leather are the big letters, 1T R."
And you prize that saddle?" queried
the horse editor.
Yes, SIR" said Mr.. Stabler. with that
emphasis and vigor and ginger which
comes to man from association with
horses. Il do, and / am going to ride
this saddle at the Inauguration of
Theodore Roosevelt as President of the
United States
All Brothers in Saddle.
-to-the-saddle movement. There is
every kind of politics in the movement
and yet no politics. Men never talk
politics when they meet on horseback.
They forget politics. They can only
talk horses, hounds. hunting and SINH
lar subjects. They are tongue tied on
questions of governmental policy. The
rich man and the poor man are broth
ers in the saddle. There is a democracy
of the saddle which ought to be pre-
served There are some snobs in the
saddle, but no snob is ever a real horse
man. Even his horse knows it. There
is a wide distinction between a horse
man and a person with money enough
to have another man buy him poor
horses at fancy prices.
Mr. Hazen received a letter yesterday
from Mrs. w. r. Kelior Of Takoma Park
saying: Having been an ardent devotee
of horseback riding all my life. 1 con-
graduate you on the movement about
to be started and trust that it will he
of untold benefit as well as pleasure to
those participating. ] shall secure
horses for myself, husband and son and
enjoy the rides. Any assistance that
can render to make this movement sue
cess l will cheerfully- give"
Eugene Dormer, No. I'LL Euclid street,
writes to the horse editor that he is going
to return to the saddle, which he left
some time ago because he read some ad-
vertisements and ili-advised literature
that the horse had passed and that
crowds of people would soon be gaping at
a horse skeleton in the National Museum
as the relic of an extinct species. Mr..
Dormer wants to know about the hunt
ing and riding clubs of Washington. He
is going to turn out with the riders next
Sunday.
Get back into the saddle, join the
movement and ride with the horsemen
and horsewomen of Washington next
Sunday.