A bad horsewoman throws her horse down, which a good horsewoman does not do.
Every horsewoman should have at least a general knowledge of when and with what to feed her horse.
Later on, confidence will come with increasing knowledge, and so her education as a horsewoman will be properly begun.
An accomplishedhorsewoman will soon distinguish the differences which mark these various offenders, and will act with coolness and judgment, according as her training may point out to her.
Rearing is a very dangerous vice for a horsewomanto have to contend against, owing to the side position which she occupies in the saddle.
The greatest horsewoman in the world, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Austria, frequently feeds her horses with bread or biscuit while seated upon their backs.
An accomplished horsewoman will never ride from the stirrup, but will use it merely as a support for the foot, and will be altogether independent of it, even if entirely taken away.
A good horsewoman will sedulously avoid everything that is stiff or ungraceful, and will move about in her saddle with as much pliant ease as though seated at home in an easy chair.
While on this subject, I may say that a timid horsewomanwill never be a successful one.
The absurd assertion that no girl can excel as a horsewoman unless she begins to practise the art when a child has been so often and substantially refuted that to attempt further contradiction of it would be merely to entail loss of time.
She was a tall, splendid girl, with a beautiful figure,--the belle of Richmond and the best horsewoman of the state.
I was a very promising horsewoman before my marriage, and my ambition now is to--to go after Bonny.
We could not go very fast, for Ninon was not the best horsewoman that ever was, and when her horse trotted she clung with all her strength to the mane.
The horsewoman continued to survey herself dubiously, took in the bright scarlet sweater which formed the top part of her costume.
That picture of herself as a dashing, fearless horsewoman had come to life again.
The horsewoman rode through and up to the great entrance, where she alighted.
No good horsewoman cuts her horse about the body with a whip.
This is the first occasion on which a practical horseman and a practical horsewoman have collaborated in bringing out a book on riding for ladies.
I heard of a case of a brilliant hunter being lent to an accomplished horsewoman who returned him after a day's hunting with large wheals on his body, showing how cruelly she had used her whip on him.
Every horsewoman should remember that nothing is more apt to spoil a horse than allowing a brace of alternative ideas to occupy his mind at the same time.
The hurried and distressed state of a horse's breathing, and his laboured action, are sure signs to the experienced horsewoman that the animal has had enough.
A good horsewomanis seen to great advantage in riding through woodland country.
Although the subject of falling is not a pleasant one to discuss, still we cannot ignore it, for even the best horsewoman occasionally gets hurt by her horse falling with her.
Rearing is no test of horsemanship, and the sickening sight of ladies in circuses mounted on rearers is one from which every good horsewoman would recoil with horror.
As the voice is a valuable "aid" in riding, I would strongly advise the inexperienced horsewoman never to speak to her horse when he is at work, except when giving him an order.
The chief uses of a hunting whip are to help the rider to manipulate gates, and to be cracked; the former being much more necessary to a horsewoman than the latter.
When the young horsewoman assumes charge of her mount in the open, she should always keep a watchful eye on the road in front of her, in order to avoid as far as possible dangerous ground and approaching vehicles.
She was an excellent horsewoman and passionately fond of riding, yet here in the country she had indulged in it much less frequently than had been her wont.
If you are a thorough good horsewoman you may of course use spurs, and thus force him "where he would not," but to raise the whip as you near a fence is to teach your horse to swerve, for he very soon learns to expect and shrink from the blow.
The sound of hoofs aroused him, and looking below he saw a horsewoman reining up near his men at the wreck.
They peered out from the calash-top, and made out a horsewoman galloping down a side-path toward them.
In another moment the horsewoman was near enough to bring an exclamation of recognition from Fessenden.
But you have 'picked it up,' as they say, and there are one or two hints I may be able to give you which will make you as perfect a horsewoman as one would wish to see.
The former was a beautiful creature, almost thoroughbred, as she knew; for every woman in the district was a horsewoman by instinct and association.
There is no danger to a thoroughly good horsewoman in riding a horse that is "light-hearted.
The daughter of the peer, or other great grandee of the country, may be almost said to be a horsewoman to the manner born.
Even a thoroughly accomplished horsewoman cannot ride easily in a saddle that is too short from pommel to cantle, or too narrow in the seat.
Lucy, also becoming conscious of the nearness of Oliver and his companion, looked at the well-appointed horsewoman with less kindly eyes than the two older ladies sitting in the pony carriage had done.
He could see the hapless horsewoman he was pursuing far ahead and entering the little village of Bromham, and he followed her along firmer ground at some distance from the river.
But when once he had glanced at the bold horsewoman escaping by her leap from the confused throng, he hardly deigned to notice the prostrate priest striving to extricate himself from his dangerous position.
The print, obviously a caricature, represented a horsewoman sitting a huge roan and clad in the long riding-habit, almost touching the ground, which women wore in the twenties and thirties of last century.
In one hand the horsewoman held a hunting crop, with the other she reined in her horse, presenting a dauntless front to some twenty couple of yelping and snarling foxhounds.
When in company with a gentleman, an accomplished horsewoman will prefer to have him ride at the right side of her horse, because, being thoroughly able to control her steed, she will require little or no assistance from the cavalier.
It is, therefore, very important that every horsewoman should be prepared to meet and to overcome any eccentric demonstrations on the part of the animal she may be riding.
The instinctive horsewoman usually rides boldly and with perfect satisfaction to herself, but to the eye of the connoisseur she presents many glaring defects.
To become a complete horsewoman it is not necessary to begin the exercise in childhood.
Should a lady be a better horsewoman than her companions, and be riding a horse superior to theirs, she should restrain him, and not allow him to be constantly in advance of the others.
Such was the English horsewoman of the seventeenth century, in the time of Charles II.
Hence, the ignorant horsewoman often rides in safety under circumstances in which the ignorant horseman, who has resorted to violent measures, meets with an accident.
At the top of the rise the horsewoman drew rein and shaded her eyes with a gauntleted hand.
Her Imperial Highness is far too fine and experienced a horsewomanto have been seen outside any such toy.
A lady who is an indifferent rider would throw more weight on one side than the other, one cause of so many sore backs from side-saddles; but a thoroughly good horsewoman would sit with as level a balance as a man.
No matter how accomplished a horsewoman you may become, do not be too ready to comply with the request to try this or that unknown mount.
Nothing could be more wearisome to an untutored horsewoman than a long ride without a stirrup.
Every horsewoman who loves riding must be proud of the feats accomplished by Mrs. Power O'Donoghue in the side-saddle, but would she be admired or respected as she is if she turned out as a man and rode as men do?
I shall commence by saying that it is a mistake to imagine that riding, in order to be properly learnt, must be begun in youth: that nobody can excel as a horsewoman who has not accustomed herself to the saddle from a mere child.
With most young ladies this would have been a matter-of-course proceeding; from so accomplished a horsewoman it was a tactful compliment.
There was no sidesaddle at the ranch, but there was a surefooted old cow pony too wise and spiritless for tricks, and therefore safe even for a less experienced horsewoman than was Mrs. Blake.
Not if you have as much imagination as anyhorsewoman should have.
An English hunting-man's seat is so good that he is often careless about fine details, but a trained horseman is careless about nothing, and a trained horsewoman is like unto him.
Esmeralda, you must have been reading one of those sweet books on etiquette which advise the horsewomanto be considerate of her companions.
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