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Title: The Horsewoman
A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.

Author: Alice M. Hayes

Editor: M. Horace Hayes

Release Date: August 15, 2008 [EBook #26318]

Language: English

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THE
HORSEWOMAN

[Illustration: Alice M. Hayes]

THE HORSEWOMAN

A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding

BY

ALICE M. HAYES
AUTHOR OF "MY LEPER FRIENDS."

EDITED BY

M. HORACE HAYES, F.R.C.V.S.
(_Late Captain "The Buffs"_)

AUTHOR OF
"POINTS OF THE HORSE," "VETERINARY NOTES FOR HORSE-OWNERS,"
"RIDING AND HUNTING," ETC.

_Second Edition, revised, enlarged and 133 photographic
illustrations added._

LONDON
HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED
13 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET
1903

_All rights reserved_

PRINTED BY KELLY'S DIRECTORIES LTD.,
LONDON AND KINGSTON.

PREFACE.

The first edition of this book was the result of seven years' experience
of riding hundreds of horses in India, Ceylon, Egypt, China and South
Africa; the most trying animals being those of which I was the
rough-rider at my husband's horse-breaking classes. Since that edition
came out, I have hunted a good deal, chiefly, in Leicestershire and
Cheshire, and have taught many pupils, both of which experiences were of
specia