| Show t l a I I s 7 b iA A A Saddle Cross Saddle Cross Safer l the the Girl K t Y I It I I t Who's Not loo Fat Says a Famous Horsewoman but She but but She r Can Never Lookas Look as Charm Charm- Charming Charming ing On It as On the theOld I rc r X i i f WM Old Old- Old Fashioned Old Fashioned Fashioned p Side Saddle I Miss Mies an English horse borse- hor e woman taking a difficult leap astride her ber jumper jumper If Not woman who rides a horse horae THE BHE whether for health or as a mat mat- matter matter matter ter of business or simply for the tho thoC fun C n of If the thing should ride astride She w will l be safer and capable of better beiter horsemanship than when mounted on the old-fashioned old unless sIde side saddle unless she Is is unduly fat This Thle is the verdict reached after years of study of the subject by medical au- au authorities authorities au authorities and riding experts When women first began to shock the themore themore more conservative minded by putting on trousers and straddling the backs of at their horses Just like the men a great many thought this n new w style of rIdIng was bound to be a serious menace to their health But this theory was long loni ago exploded Medical authorities say there Is no reason why shy riding astride Is any less healthful for a woman woman than it is for a man manThe The The fact that her pelvic bones aro are so 10 much broader and are usually much more deeply cushioned with flesh iesh should If anything make her ber quite quits a good deal better adapt adapt- adapted adapted ed for using a saddle cross-saddle and with with- withstandIng withstanding withstanding standing the jar of the horses horse's motion without harm As for safety the riding experts eXpert experts are agreed that the saddle cross-saddle Is s InfinItely W r to be preferred to the very precarious perch which the side-saddle side affords Miss Ivy Maddison devotes a number of pages of her recently published book RidIng for foi- Women to pointing out what she considers tho the many undeniable advantages ad of ot saddle cross-saddle riding for forthe forthe forie the side-saddle side or look ridiculous and con con- con battle with fat The corpulent must use the side-saddle side or look ridiculous and con con- continually continually con continually run the risk of a broken neck What Miss Maddison has to say comes with the voice olce of authority for she Is II Isone isone one of Americas America's most famous riders of at show horses and knows everything there theres Is to know about a horse from nostrils to hoofs Every horse lover knows her as the I owner of Myopia that wonderful piece of horseflesh which has baa captured no less than twenty-nine twenty blue ribbons four champIonships and one reserve cham sham championship championship As Miss Maddison poi pol ts is out In the opening chapter of her book the old old- old fashioned girl who sedately put one ono foot Into her escorts escort's hand to mount her horse and rode roda with both her legs on one side aide was running far greater risks than her granddaughter who swings one leg unhampered by any skirt across the saddle and rides astride astride- astride Indeed It Is a wonder onder that grand grand- grandmother grandmother mother survived ed as many rides as she shedid shedid shedid did The old saying Women first ex- ex except except ex except over a fence is based on sound common sense for Cor the sidesaddle rider Is under a serious disadvantage when attempting jumps and other feats of country cross country riding With the side-saddle side the chief danger lies In the unequal distribution of the riders rider's weight This constitutes a serious disadvantage regardless of whether she Is large or slight alight of build The horse Is forever annoyed by a tendency to turn Ins his hind bInd quarters to the right tight In order to escape the unequal pressure And this Inevitably throws throw the tho rider herself out of position Then too she eho can control her horse only with one foot and with her riding crop on the other side lIdo This is a bad handicap when whon the che he tries to sail Bail over a hIgh fence or across a broad ditch with the flying flying hoof hoofs of other horses aU all allaround allaround around her When her horse hone show shows show sign signs of getting beyond control Ih she sho can only sit It tight and an d 4 trust to the pommels of her hor saddle addle to hold lold holdA her In place She cannot like e the V girl who rides astride brace her feet In Inthe i ithe Inthe n the stirrups and tale take a 4 firmer hold bold o othe on A the reins rems If It you are riding a a bar rarer which is likely to fall backward says Mis Miss s t I n nI I ni i a 6 Z I Moe i Ruth Roach winning the worlds world's world fancy riding championship at the Cheyenne up round-up Maddison you are helpless In a sIde sIde- sIdesaddle sidesaddle side saddle because you cant can't let go of ot the pommels and slide elide off oft his hind quarters as you can astride Moreover if you dont don't loose hIs hia head and sit perfectly still and square In your saddle your uneven weight will pull him over o ver on his left side I have had horses rear with me when riding both ways and know how much harder it Is to sit forward when hen they are standing up straight In a saddle cross-saddle you ou can put your arms around their necks and be sure of not pulling them over For getting all the thrills and ben ben- benefit benefit ben benefit to ones one's health out of riding with a minimum of risk there is in MIss Maddison's opinion nothing like the tho saddle saddle cross But as to which method of riding makes a woman look the tho well better well that's quite a different matter She frankl frankly admits that seldom if ever does a woman make as attractive an appearance when riding astride as when seated on n a side-saddle side The old way is far J letter better etter from vanity's point of view Of course Miss Maddison thorough horsewoman that she sho is does not think this objection should be counted a serious objection tion to the use uso of the saddle cross-saddle but nevertheless it probably will be so counted count count- counted counted ed by a large proportion of womankind Perhaps this explains why sidesaddles continue to be preferred by so many women in spite of the numerous advantages advantages which all 1111 the experts claim for forthe forthe the tho other kind Daring feats of horsemanship and safety with the saddle cross-saddle more se- se sedate sedate se sedate date riding and picturesque charm with the thIs sIde side saddle this is the choice a woman must make If It she Is to try to equal the feats of men on horseback her vanity must be sacrificed She cannot look her prettiest and still be bo the most moat expert most dashing of riders As Miss Maddison points out Ifa If a woman is slender and has a good figure she can hardly show herself to better advantage than In one of at the well cut well habits luchas such luch as tho the side saddle riders wear If It she ehe is Inclined to fatness rIding astride will make mako her look even larger than she is On the other hand the very stout woman always look looks less lees hugo huge when seated on side saddle a particularly If her habit Is tailored as skill fully skillfully as it should be bo But while Miss Mies Maddison thinks think the saddle saddle siddle rider will always make mako the tho themore more charming appearance she believes that women omen who ride astride could dress dren much more attractively than they do dowhen dowhen when they follow the present positively ugly styles ShorE Short coats badly fitting breeches too t tight ht through the thighs thIgh and baggy at nt the and knees knees and umbrella boots all tend iy r t tk k A z zA zt za r t a Mice Misa Ivy Maddison one of Americas America's greatest horse horse- horsewomen women i to make mako a girl look awkward says MIss Maddison in her book and when she is inclined to be stout even grotesque To appear well In riding clothes our legs must look slim sUm and since girls are usually larger through the calf calt an and l thIgh than men they should take par par- particular pains to dress so as to diminIsh rather than accentuate this trait How often oCten at a play have we admIred the beauty and stunning gowns of some actress only to have our illusions shattered shat shat- shattered shattered by her appearance In the last act Shen hen she romps in from a rido rIde with the hero The chances are two to one that she sho wears patent leather boots and four to toone toone toone one that the latter have high heels Her coat will either be a sleeveless jersey af- af affair af affair fair or a jauntily belted bolted Norfolk jacket What kind of costume should the cross cross- cross saddler wear Miss Maddison thInks that that as a n general rule it is always well to try to dress as much like a man of d possible Any distinctly feminine touch to your costume she says makes it just that much less leas smart Dont weaken and fluff your our hair over your ears and wear a hat which though h becoming is not mannish This is 18 the theone theone theone one time In your life when you must not nota a attempt to look pretty If It the Ideas on riding for women which Miss Maddison so co sets forth are generally accepted side side- sidesaddles side saddles saddles will in the future be used only by those who value their good looks more than horsemanship and also by those who are Bre really eally fat tt The latter cannot I s sr r 4 R W I l lR III IIII vA Y y 0 Al AlMAA r MAA x r w y yA A 1 rt b r j jf ji f X i s Ja k mr 1 a I C i I It t 9 iS C g J ride astride without 1 taking the chance chanca of m- m l h lc R serious serous trouble lilt 8 1 When a o rider Is t 1 any ony awk awk- I ward U ward movement on t the of the part s horse is pretty 4 r f likely to make her legs fly out ar from the ani- ani animal's animal's ani animal's mals mal's sId s sides 1 d e s Miss Mi Margaret Leigh This will often dressed for her first m n a k ke e her race as a jockey grasp convulsively convulsively at the reins and give a quick hard pull on the bit These unexpected pulls on a horses horse's mouth Miss Maddison says are arc one of the surest ways of disconcerting the most intelligent and docile of animals and making it so that the rider gets a bad fall For riding over smooth level country where there are aro no fences or ditches to tl tobe tobe be leaped the tho side saddle is just as safe and enjoyable as the tho saddle cross-saddle And the woman whoso whose stoutness compels her herto herto herto to use uso it has the added consolation that every mile she rides is probably helping he to take off a few superfluous pound pounds As a means of reducing tho the weight and keeping in physical condition nothIng is better than riding Physicians clans continually recommend it and re- re regret regret re regret gret that more of their patients have havo not the time inclination and n means eans for fora fora a few hours every day In the saddle The jouncing the digestive organs get from the tha motion of the tha horse stirs A IY lK t Jo j 1 R V t e I w fk j jt t- t f 1 It f it itt t oj J fir A it 3 y i a L Miss Mias Ruth Roach mat mak mating ing her mount perform i in in a way that would hardly be safe for a side lide- saddle rider them to healthy activity and is of particular benefit to a sluggish liver Then there are arc the tho obvious advantages of fresh air and the change chango of scene which is so helpful to tired bred brains and Jangling nerves The idea that there is anything im- im immodest Im Immodest immodest modest or unwomanly in a women's womans bestriding a horse horta just as a man does Is a thing of the past A womans woman's choice ofa of a saddle nowadays depends on whether hether she eho is stout or not the tho kind of riding she wants to do and last but not least the amount of im- im im importance bho bhe gives to the picture she presents w when hen she is on a horses horse's back According to the tho expert advice MISS y Ivy y Maddison gives it would seem to be bethe bethe bothe the wise thing for a n girl to ride astride when she is young and slim alun but at tho came time tine to learn how to use uso the side side side-laddie addle In preparation for Cor the days Increasing flesh will make that the only one sho she can use with ith safety and wIthout being a sight for the neighbors F w D o tg 44 f 4 i s si so o r o II 1 c t K f fJ J I IThe The pelvis of a woman above much broader than a man mans man's be- be be low jow and therefore making her fully as well fitted as a aman aman man to id with with- without without out any danger to the tho health the jar jars of riding astri astride astrio o |
