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I e Cro nil lr I V V 1 V BY MRS In ALEC T A A. o many mans Il people have n advanced the subject sub sub- lIb theories of t late Inte on so 0 man many jeci of or r women riding R astride a few practical remarks on tilt the matter from 1001 T q woman who hA hns ridden through V Mexico and Morocco man V faJo fashion may be hn of interest t. t V V Lot Let it not lIol bo bl supposed then that I T horsemanship man hip in ill this way From Froni FroniA A the time 1 I was 7 years NH old I ro rode e vm morning in Iii iho ordinary way woy V with vilh my father ator hr a 0 London physician phy V In JO Hyde park parl conic come homo home ed V V m mr habit and W went olT oiT to school A Aa As s L V V and and the fox a n girl I hunted the stag tag J I F hat had no nil pr prejudice V V against t a n sidesaddle One summer ummer we l went to tn Iceland V where wo we pretty soon onn found the only moans menns of oC getting along was pony pony- bock back It was WOK at ok that a made In the the- was WA now ew experiment mounting H arrangements Is On arrival arriva V Z V V Intending tl to Ido Into the Interior a. a av as V usual we ve for to the I V V V 1 only inn In the tho place when to tu our oui such discomfiture we wc d learned that lint no o V thing as is a a. I lady's ladys was vas tt to 19 tobo The innkeeper r arid and our oui ourt f bo h. h obtained VV consultation held a long lonK t. t little I Ut t V n as to what was to he be done one during V V V of M the place r V VV VV V which Inhabitants V. V around ai In full till force apparently I V interested t d In III our pro pro- much nuch V V I V Bude Queer iI llo V V V At I l' l t of r the disappeared I V pearel present h by return In triumph tri tri- I j V V vIli a fl chal n n a sort rrt of f V r p thing whIch which ho h had un- un j il from nn some InH II remote cornor r. r VV b V j V whore 41 h L. L l I It 1 had bad 1 I probably lain lali V from Its since inc till tho V n trills Tills was vas a assigned to 10 m my sir gli Irl t dun companion No IJ second one C I Iwa t- t was iras obtainable and thoro ro was vas nothIng noth lug Ing III loft left for me nie m but hut to In I. be behind Lr- Lr h hind md or IH U I tI the a i Ity of f rj riI l lIng p V V log Ing woman fashion hion on Oil u a l mans man's naIls sad sad- V IlI dlo ille My ly I determination was wn V In levi a and 1141 much lo to the tho inn amusement of fir very VIr one JIll UI III I J 11 tILe the whole village i I lage stolidly 13 watching a I ng i the Ii e proceed proceeding V lug ing while lie iho ahO of a n pommel V contributed considerably to th the Hie dif dlf- I if in my seat nl V Off OtT wo ito tt headed by our guide I ami JIll n O long as tin tin- ti pony UnY walked the tho thosa comfortable without sa Was fairly fl V a n pommel so much M 51 ill 1 a nil I Ii i t l tV V V was ventured when I lound wont tin saIl l uhf olf I slipped l 1 After t ter ad VV V V V V just hug tho Diddle he and 1111 tightening tio te girths I II I tiled l but hUI only again VV V V V with the h result An n n l I V In Mich Circumstances bV was l Impossible t. t O Of or the oth others Is I's wanted to lo goV go on V V and equally of uC course I did not want V to remain i behind I had often n road read that it was th the V V custom for fOI women in South America Amelica I V Albania Mexico and ami parts of ot India I V who have to accomplish h Ion long distances I V V on fl hOI to ride man mall ta fashion V Indeed women T I know kIH had h ridden V so Sib o in until sidesaddles ad lES were V V t Introduced by Anne of oC Ooh wife wiCe 1 of oC Richard II II and anti m many nany fI V J to ride across neros the saddle addIe a until en c a CI I I V later date datt In Iceland the thc wom l rode V V I like I m mon n n. n and watching them theta I 1 full felt convinced that his mode was safer Q r I V V and anI less Jess fatiguing than the lIn uti other In I. I V Spite spit pit of having ridden nil all m my ny life V V V till the of tho the Icelandic roads Vt auth ponies made malic e e on a ml muns mun's n V saddle Impossible rind and the sharpness ps VS of the tho pony's back riding without one cJu equally ly so V J hu I Courage 01 II c of r e S V VV There was no alternative e. It meant nt either V turning h hack ck or V mount mounting ii as a- a 1 aman V V man mail Necessity gives ives courage Age c. c In hi hib I b 2 V I determined tore then Il r r. r V l to throw aside conventionality and wd do doin doV I I V in Iceland as al the Icelanders llo- llo 1 Ilik V V die lit was cast The difference n e I I f V V in fl comfort to mE oneself olf In case C lo to t Ines nes V horse and the tho possibility of a. a accomplishing j V pushing much greater distances with Aith I f VV le e fatigue uc were wrt From that I I all al out of ur the VV i V moment my way y V VV V In iii anti and little known S I V tracks have ha been heen carried out ou on a n. amans V mans man's swaddle saddle ll le Perhaps the the- loi oit ride Ihl was lG miles mUes In three days ars AIM 1111 L 1 J n US f few w ho hours hour rp In Iceland although h In Inthe ine V the thit almost tropical heat heal of rH e yS Mexico I V 1 have managed thirty or Ut forty S. S i V miles a L la day con consecutively l el On aV a s d V V saddle both would have boon Impo J sible ile V iS r. r VV Constant CI cry i is t it 11 i. i unwomanly un ni- V womanly or ugly or 01 unhealthy c hY jr wo WO- I men to l Ii ride n astride all of which 1 I I I dare Li to In refute There Thore is nothing unwomanly un no womanly at all about it and women In all the above t mentioned countries who have c to accomplish lung distances i ride IJ P moan man fashion fn hion The Tho 11 po position post post- l. l tion Is I rafer a as welt as more mOl able That hat it Is li u ugly I I also ul-II l u uA A well cut divided 81 skirt such as aM I described In my book hook on u Me It V os ns I Saw Sat It falls fulls on omu either Fide hh f the iho horse hors In such a WO way that thai lh the u uby II i. i or- or II hy by would merely think the la 11 y ui a mounted on the off or OJ the peni ta I lt as the ease cano mh fl be he A habit na mailin nadin mail mail- in th this Is wise Is easily ed Ii Ini 1111 Inia a U skirt When walking l by hy ra 1 u couple of buttons h before an aid and I would defy nn any on one on onlo to lo Know that th the wearer t I is not mint d in n a II ordinary ordinal short skirt v V That It Is h unhealthy T r al t IMI I have never nc suffered ll tle It lear lea r a-r t I mn- mn n from flom the gad cross cros ro o df an and I know that such long Ion III In mr h countries where st s II II all ally clamber up LII s I iJ s scrawl o crawl round rounel rocky lp 11 Into ravines swim rivers and r ut ft-ut- wise Is accomplish extraordinary y al' al could coull never bo hp done h 1 by a t woman on em a I hI Ie fh There Arc j I r Tut ro lV o nt li-nt haIn ha In traveling everything I. I is i.- in iii favor I of or the cross cros J saddle both bother J lei ri-lei r horse horNc But lInt it has haN its ill tux hack ti tithe lit II I Ithe the fIrst place It i h is 1 th tho proper thing to do tie in this Uti tine I I Ito girls II tire are lJ lio now v. v isely u rn to o ride astride the fashion at attract tract too tio much i rill fit anan j oJ 1 r. r man nan man to care carl to 10 be bc made malIc so s U CO I ku ou Itis V I Th Tho second drawback u. u from flom he the henet fact net that a woman's womans Ip 1 I u USUally u-cu- u u all ally illy shorter than a n man mall s und i i 1 has KIS not hut therefore th the iu e rl tnt un tn n ni i t bitt horse C. C An n it I o ohis nf tIt his is make mak inn ke n IC tales her i n. n n- n vi Lit ely ly by hY very VIr vary Ilic m ill h ro 00 hut nit a 0 little difficult in ja ll hoi mount 01 on II an au ii untrained uti-al uti 1 a si n-si i IMI r r I I unknown i It is to In ii be I lUll hope that lint 11 hr i I NI li It will e pai Ial etl l t I t lot jet hole ir daughters Ilau daugh rl n al t Ito i 1 it iii II III I buoy hoy I 1 ir t G nI title and that it il may also abo n ls women fo to all KI I. I i realize that Iii hI distant with un untrained trained tio I neil horses had bad saddles oM HIM a i ii unmade ii un 1111 a made the JIll only mJ safe safo ho Iw PI pry y alii ami comfortable ity to ride lIel Is bi a. a ti Id- Id tidy Only a few years ago tho Ih n civili l world stared anti and sneered nell at HI a u w itt m-in n nt astride t i a n hll yole but I but who tim th i I j of 1 doing either today The eye el oyoN v v. u a practical useful lI clap cheap and antI and ithe lie bike ike lIa has bins long Ions boon an alt ark ark- wi 11 moans man of nf progression I KII ii ng illg Is Ig a n luxury less INq more r. noticeable and moro mor ai I f and ind therefore It tal takes longe o n it change e till the mode of a sent sont on oil n horseback hort ack |