The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.

								


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  THE
HORSEWOMAN

THE HORSEWOMAN



            A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding



                               BY



                         ALICE M. HAYES

                 AUTHOR OF "MY LEPER FRIENDS."



                           EDITED BY



                  M. HORACE HAYES, F.R.C.V.S.

                  (Late Captain "The Buffs")



                           AUTHOR OF
"POINTS OF THE HORSE," "VETERINARY NOTES FOR HORSE-OWNERS,"

                   "RIDING AND HUNTING," ETC.

    Second Edition, revised, enlarged and 133 photographic

                     illustrations added.

                             LONDON

                  HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED

                  13 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET

                              1903



                     All rights reserved

  PRINTED BY KELLY'S DIRECTORIES LTD.,
LONDON AND KINGSTON.

PREFACE.

The first edition of this book was the result of seven years' experience
of riding hundreds of horses in India, Ceylon, Egypt, China and South
Africa; the most trying animals being those of which I was the
rough-rider at my husband's horse-breaking classes. Since that edition
came out, I have hunted a good deal, chiefly, in Leicestershire and
Cheshire, and have taught many pupils, both of which experiences were of
special advantage to me in preparing this new edition; because English
ladies regard riding, principally, from a hunting point of view, and the
best way to supplement one's education, is to try to teach.
The directions about side-saddles and seat are the outcome of practical
work and fortunate opportunities; and I hope they will be as useful to
my readers as they have been to my pupils. Although I have ridden, when
abroad, some of the worst buckjumpers that could be found in any
country, I have never "cut a voluntary," thanks to the adoption of a
seat and saddle which gave the necessary grip. Of course I have had
"purls," when horses have "come down" with me out hunting; and on one
occasion in China, when a horse which I mounted for the first time,
reared and came over.
I have taken Figs. 32 to 51, 71 to 78 and Fig. 90 from Riding and
Hunting, and Figs. 147 and 148 from Points of the Horse. My husband
has written Chapter XXII.
I have omitted the chapter on my Riding Experiences, as I thought it
out of place in a purely teaching book.
Knowing the immense value of photographs in explaining technical