. Riding and driving for women . RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN have to lean back and pull on the reins. If you at-tempt to jump an English-trained horse in the Amer-ican way or an American-trained horse in the Englishway, you are very apt to come to grief. What has been said above with regard to the ^ f MM Mi^a ^-™.« ^g •. ^^ III«iIII—Tl^MBBi^BHHaB n-H ^^B ^^^^^^^^S ^^s^^Sk^bhI^BkhS ^^H^^HH PPM«r>^fW^V-*?**i^^^^ iff<r/fc^CT^pp^^y^^pjS^B^^^^^apR» l^n^H^^^B^H Side-Saddle, Front View, Rising manner of jumping a fence applies equally to jump-ing a ditch or anything else. The higher or the bro
. Riding and driving for women . RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN have to lean back and pull on the reins. If you at-tempt to jump an English-trained horse in the Amer-ican way or an American-trained horse in the Englishway, you are very apt to come to grief. What has been said above with regard to the ^ f MM Mi^a ^-™.« ^g •. ^^ III«iIII—Tl^MBBi^BHHaB n-H ^^B ^^^^^^^^S ^^s^^Sk^bhI^BkhS ^^H^^HH PPM«r>^fW^V-*?**i^^^^ iff<r/fc^CT^pp^^y^^pjS^B^^^^^apR» l^n^H^^^B^H Side-Saddle, Front View, Rising manner of jumping a fence applies equally to jump-ing a ditch or anything else. The higher or the broader a jump, the more im-portant it is to take it correctly. The differencebetween the various jumps is well expressed in theold maxim, Fast at water and ditches and slow at 68 HUNTING timber; but there is so much timber and so fewditches and water jumps in this country, and thepace is so fast, that this advice is hard to I say fast I refer to drag hunting. In hunting, a woman should be at either the front. Coming Down or back. It is better for her not to be in with thefield, and she should regulate her pace according tothe horse she is on. If in a strange country, the bestthing for her to do is to follow some good rider whoknows the country well rather than attempt to pickher way as she would in a country which she knew. 69 RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN In hunting it is most important to save yourhorse, to keep him fresh for the jumps, and not tirehim out at the start. Dont ride to the gallery, ? # ?- > -^-j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ^1^^ i r 1 A Good Type of Hunter, Bred in Virginia (Philosopher) and if you have the choice between a sensationaljump and a gap, take the gap and save your that you are not giving an exhibition ofhigh jumping, nor are you in a horse-race. Bear in mind that the master or huntsman sets 70 HUNTING the pace and that, ordinarily, particularly at thestart, he should be in the lead. One should not passthe huntsman and, above
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