Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . warm bloodin her veins, and as both become excited, the glow tinglesto the very finger-tips. The close-clinging to the horse,the slight reliance upon stirrup and bit, and the generallylight proportion of rider to steed, give a feeling of beingpossessed of the powers of a new life, of riding upon thewhirlwind, and yet controlling it with a word. This combination of a sense of weakness and of power,as every woman knows, is her greatest delight, and is thesecret of many an enjoyment which she attribu
Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . warm bloodin her veins, and as both become excited, the glow tinglesto the very finger-tips. The close-clinging to the horse,the slight reliance upon stirrup and bit, and the generallylight proportion of rider to steed, give a feeling of beingpossessed of the powers of a new life, of riding upon thewhirlwind, and yet controlling it with a word. This combination of a sense of weakness and of power,as every woman knows, is her greatest delight, and is thesecret of many an enjoyment which she attributes to othercauses If a quieter mood possess the rider, there is noBuch pleasant manner of strolling over a wide extent ofcountry, otherwise inaccessible. The discovery of newpaths and openings in woods and hilly country, wheremomently changes are succeeding each other in the pano-rama, affords delights which are not attainable in anyother way. Even hundreds of miles of travel are morepleasantly accomplished in the saddle than in any othermanner, even by ladies; provided always that they be13. ta. tC-Udiet Saddle witboat the rIght-luMid
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