Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . strong andher body obedient to it. Particularly in our large cities,too little care is given to the physical culture of younggirls. Their minds are engaged, not often with energeticmental work, but with idle thought for dress and show,while no other exercise is taken than a measured dailywalk, and occasional dancing and waltzing. Where household labor is disdained, and no opportu-nity can be afforded for floriculture or any other agreeableout-door occupation, there is no substitute so good ashorse
Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . strong andher body obedient to it. Particularly in our large cities,too little care is given to the physical culture of younggirls. Their minds are engaged, not often with energeticmental work, but with idle thought for dress and show,while no other exercise is taken than a measured dailywalk, and occasional dancing and waltzing. Where household labor is disdained, and no opportu-nity can be afforded for floriculture or any other agreeableout-door occupation, there is no substitute so good ashorseback riding. But for the country girl it becomesindispensable, Not her health, perhaps, but her happinessdemands it. No woman ever rides so well as one whofrom childhood has loved her pet colt. She has chasedhim, perhaps, for hours around a * ten-acre lot:* and wheo,his frisky mood over, she has been able to take him coax-ingly by the mane and lead him to a mounting place, greatwas the triumph of her wild ride. And no training oieare can give the freedom and skill of this youthful prac[288». Fig. 33. LEARNING TO RIDE. 289 lice. When, at length, she is able to bridle and saddlehim, her seat may be somewhat faulty, and her use of thereins awkward, but these faults are easily remedied, andare certainly atoned for by her freedom and , no one can fully enjoy riding who does not bothlove and admire the noble animal which she rides; and thequick intelligence of the horse yields ready obedience tothe hand and voice of a woman who has learned lovinglyto control him. His affectionate nature yields to her themastery, oflen more readily than to a stronger power. Well mounted on a strong, spirited horse—with a widecountry before her—on a clear, cool day—with a love forall the beauty around her, of the noble animal beneath her,and glowing with the bounding life within her, a ladycapable of enjoyment is certainly prepared for it first gentle pace of the hor
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