Year: 1860

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ETlQUErTE OF RIDING.


The first thing is to dress suitably.
Avoid too. fine dress, such as patent
leather boots, and for coat wear a
cut away instead of a trock. Let the
stick or whip be simple, with no gold
head 1ulnery about It. For the coun-
try aplain bone handle for the city a
common riding whip, or an ordinary
walking stick, moHntea siaspy with
silver 1nall other respects your dress
should be that ip which you walk,


A lady's riding suit should consist
Of neat hat, round or slouched, with
long sweeping feather on one or
both sides. In winter it should be of
soft felt in summer, a fine. straw
The style Institutes the grace, and
renders it either q most becoming or a
tawdry feature in the riding dress
The habit should be well fitted to the
form, with white collar of fine lawn,
with deep cuffs beneath the sleeves,
the gauntlet gloves Of thick leather,
and no ornaments, save perhaps del
icately twisted whip. Compactness
and utility are the requisites for the rid
ing dress. There is danger in having
too long skirt in the riding habit !;
it is apt not only to alarm the horse :;
but to entangle in case of accident to
the fair rider. s...... ............


A lady should never ride alone.-
The gentleman should assist the lady
TO her saddle, after obtaining her con
sent. The lady should gather up her
skirts in ner left hand, place herself as
close as possible to the horse, with her
face toward the horses head, with her
right hand on the pummel. The gen.
tleman should place himself at the
horses sholder, with his face towards
thu lady, and STOPPING a little, place
bis hand horizontally at a convenient
distance from the ground. The lady
places her left foot in it, and a spring,
and the gentle aid of the gentleman,
is in the saddle. When seated the
gentleman should offer to put her
foot in the stirrup, and give her the
reins. Mr.. Rarey teaches a gentleman
TO mount without the use of the stirrup
and on either side Of the horse. But
this mode is not generally practiced.
The rule Of the road need not be OBJ.
served in riding as in driving. but the
gentleman should always ride to the
right Of the lady, least you risk crush.
ing her feet. Your own Of course, you
must not care about. This rule, long
and even now disputed, settles the
question on which, side the lady should
ride.


To be . good rider requires conf
dence. If you have this, ease will soon
follow, but without much practice, a
rider will always be more or less stiff
In his seat. A lady should be careful
TO sit straight in the middle of the sad.
die, with her face full towards the
horses head. Whatever the motion of
the animal, she should attempt to clilg
as closely as possible to- the saddle
Austrian officers pride themselves on
being able to trot mile with a
glass Of wine in one hand, and not spill
. drop of it. In England, riders rise
in troting, ~ relief to themselves and
the horse, but this is not done in any
ether country, save, perhaps, in Amer
"a. The first rule is to rise, not from
the stirrup, but from the knees the
second to rise as little as possible
Tho man who "shows daylight" be-
tween himself and his saddle is a bad
rider. Alady should rise even less
than man, aud neither of them should
lean over tho horses neck, nor hold
the reign with both hands. The et-
iquette Of the road IL that when you
meet people that yeu know, on horse
back, you have no right to turn and
join them, unless invited to do so. II
you overtake them, on the other hand,
you have right to ride with them /;
but it you are not wanted you will be
careful about exercising the privilege.
Prom the Habits Of Good lSocietv.