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Show THE COST CF EQUESTRIANISM. XTTlat a Correspondent Suit and eart ut a K!1li:r Academy. "What is tbo goneral object In tho mind? of those who come here 1 71 I asked tbo puny aer. "Ob, dear mel everything save the right ono, tho development of tbo art of riding. Some come for their health, some for their looks; some to get fat, some to get lean; somo to acquire that grace of carriage so sought after on pavemvit or carpet; some to show off In the park later ou. Most of them come for the express purpose of engaging in i something that shall distinguish them from 1 the common herd by the outlay of money necessary." "Why, It is Dot such on expensive amusement amuse-ment as that? I see your terms" "ila, terms! Had one but to pay tuition j fees and Jump on a horse, shop girls end newsboys might ride; but, mark you, $1100 ! for a horse, $130 for a riding habit, (125 for a saddle, ifcio for top boots and $3 for a whip, , Then ono who has one suit must have two, one to practice in, one to show oil in. Besides, Be-sides, there are road lessons, $4; muslo ride, $2; leaping lesson, 3; board for horse, (JO per mouth; extra practice hours, repairs to saddle Ob, yes, one cau do without some of those things, but she must discount that much from her pleasure and expect to meet 1 danger of accideut, mortiQcation ordiscom- . fort at every turn. At tho least estimate, I using school horses, etc., it requires a good' (500 to take a ride in the park in anything like decent shape, A lady's complete suit, pants and all, costs in the neighborhood of , 1M; boots, $30 or $25.n "Pants f1' "Ob, certainly. No riding suit Is complete without pants. Bee that teacher assisting that young lady in the green habit to mount. Bee him delicately raise the bottom of the skirt, just about as a shoe store clerk does in trying on a pair of shoes. Bee him tug, I once, twice. Well, that is pulling down her ! pants, which feat she could not very easily I perform for herself. This garment is mado of cloth the same as the suit, and when seen without the skjxt looks precisely like a man's dree trousers. A dressmaker at borne usually usu-ally mokes these garments. For the rest special tailors keep the measurements, and oil a lady has to do is to send in her order to secure a perfect fit on short notice. "One of tbo greatest nuisances with which we have to contend is the corset. X say emphatically em-phatically and absolutely, no woman can learn to ride properly with a corset on. Bhe caunot obey instructions. Besides the discomfort dis-comfort of it, sbe is in constant danger through lack of control over her horse, be must be absolutely free frou constriction ob eveiy portion of her body, and be able to breathe, bend and throw her arm over the head with facility, if she would learn to ride with grace and safety. "Same way with gloves. Seethe difference In the management of those two lines over there, ono with a tight fitting buckskin, the other a large, soft chamois. And the difference- is more manifest still to the wearer. Many wear thick webbed jersey combination suits under the habit; some flannels; soma both. Many hero are riding without corsets," Hew York Cor. St. Louis G lobe-Democrat. |