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Show WOMAN IIOH9E UDEAKEn. Steele Knrer.a 1. 4nrr MiottltlE ths laar nf llrr Mount. It Is universally agreed that even a homely woman who has mastered tho art ot equeetrlanlem looks well when In tho saddle When the rider Is pretty pret-ty and sits her horse with oaso and grace ot course the beauty ot tho picture. pic-ture. Is much enhanced ltenco It Is that Mrs Annie Ilenson, wife of n prosperous pros-perous farmer lit lug near Kowbles-burg, Kowbles-burg, Md , Is regarded by all who know her to be an exceedingly pretty sight when sealed on her favorite, thorough- bred mare Mrs Ilcneon Is a slender, , blue-eyed country woman of well- rounded figure nnd has been riding i horse almoU etcr since sho can re- i raomber anything Sho began riding i when sho was S years old, and htr i father used to put her on tho back ot ft i great animal white ho guided tho plow 1 behind. Sho has broken colts, been I kicked nnd bitten by horses, thrown i out ot buggies and had divers other ex- pcrlences of the kind, but has never ' been thrown from the back of n horse. ' Mrs Ilenson says, In discussing tbe difficulties which confront girls Just be-ginning be-ginning to ride The entire secret ot : being a good rider. I think, lie In not being afraid of jour horse This Is the ons great essential but there are some other things Just as necessary to know. When a girl gets on a horse. It sho Is In tho least bit frightened, the horso knows It, and that knowledge has a demoralising de-moralising effect upon It. especially It It happens to lie a thinking horse. I used to near a tery long skirt until ono day n horse I was riding eaught Its hind foot In the skirt and tore It oft me. Since then I hate ridden with n skirt ot walking length and find It much better I do not think It would help a girl much to ride nitride, llko a man In managing her horse. I have ridden that way but I felt that It a horso started to run 1 could not stop him nt all "I nm breaking two colts now that will make beauties Ono was two years old on May 30 and tho other a fow months older My method ot training Is hard to describe I simply put the brldlo and saddle on them and then get on moelf When I nm onco In the saddle, t know they can't get roe out. I ride one ot them orery Ir. sometimes six or seven miles. Of courso they aro so oung that I mako them tratct very slowly and never allow them to run, for fear of weakening weaken-ing their backs. It Is not customary to break a colt beforo ho Is thrco years old, but theso were such big fellows that I thought they could stand It." |