Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding<br><br>Instruction based on experience assists us in the attainment of all arts and hastens the process of learning. Although a specially-gifted individual who has not been taught may be able to sing in a pleasing style no one has ever become an accomplished pianist without competent instruction the former being some what in the position Of a man the latter in that of a lady as regards riding. In all countries we find good untaught horsemen who have got shaken into their seats by constant practice with or without a saddle which in most cases is chie?y a protection to the animal''s back. A side-saddle on the contrary is as artificial a production as a musical instrument and a full knowledge Of its peculiarities Often cannot be acquired during a lifetime. Here the great difference between men and women is that the former ride the horse the latter the saddle. The tyranny Of the side.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.