How Women Should Ride

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C. de Hurst. How Women Should Ride

How Women Should Ride

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Illustrations

I

A WORD TO PARENTS

II

GIRLS ON HORSEBACK

III

BEGINNING TO RIDE

IV

IN THE SADDLE

V

EMERGENCIES

VI

CHOOSING A MOUNT

VII

DRESS

VIII

LEAPING

IX

LEAPING—(Continued)

X

RIDING TO HOUNDS

XI

SYMPATHY BETWEEN HORSE AND WOMAN

XII

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE STABLE

XIII

SOMETHING ON DRIVING

XIV

SOMETHING MORE ON DRIVING

BLAIKIE'S HOW TO GET STRONG

BLAIKIE'S SOUND BODIES

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C. De Hurst

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Ponies are also more liable to be tricky than horses, and, from the rapidity of their movements, apt to unseat and frighten a beginner. They are very roguish, and will bolt across a road without any reason, or stand and kick or rear for their own amusement; and, being so quick on their feet, their various antics confuse a child so that she loses her self-possession and becomes terrified. It is just as bad to go to the other extreme, as a large, long-gaited horse will tire the muscles of the back, and, if combined with sluggish action, require twice the exertion needed for a free traveller. Furthermore, it destroys the rhythm of the movement by making the time of her rise only half as long as necessary, thus giving her a double jolt on reaching the saddle.

Having secured the right sort of horse, the saddle should be chosen with great care.

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