. Riding and driving. ss. That master of theart, De Bussigny, is no longer very young, al-though no one would believe the fact on seeinghim on a horse. I saw James Newsome ridingand training when he was far past seventy. Iremember being present when that gallant gentle-man. Count Taubenheim, equerry to the lateking of Wiirtemberg, already past ninety yearsof age, rode in a quadrille before the presentemperor of Germany and gained deserved ap-plause for his admirable performance. We have inherited from the English manyundesirable prejudices, among them the beliefthat no foreigner can sit a hors
. Riding and driving. ss. That master of theart, De Bussigny, is no longer very young, al-though no one would believe the fact on seeinghim on a horse. I saw James Newsome ridingand training when he was far past seventy. Iremember being present when that gallant gentle-man. Count Taubenheim, equerry to the lateking of Wiirtemberg, already past ninety yearsof age, rode in a quadrille before the presentemperor of Germany and gained deserved ap-plause for his admirable performance. We have inherited from the English manyundesirable prejudices, among them the beliefthat no foreigner can sit a horse. In everycountry of continental Europe the majority ofmen who are accustomed to ride are thoroughhorsemen, some of them of the highest distinc-tion, because upon the continent riding is lookedupon and practised as an art which requiresapplication. The English breed the best horsesin the world, they manage those in harness mar-vellously well, and there are no bolder or moredetermined horsemen; but it must be acknowl-. FIG. 44, —FRENCH OFFICER
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