LADIES ON HORSEBACK.
■;.;■.:■;, —-—; —. -o. ■ ■ —__.;■.; ~« A whiter in the Nursing Times says : It is stated that one of our Royal Princesses is to learn to" ride astride, and thus avoid not only the dangers of a throw and consequent dragging, but also the undeniable risk of one-sided' development. For mawv vears medical men have advised the cross-saddle for young girls, but convention has forbidden this rational mode to those of older years. Recently, however, a horsewoman has dared here and there to hunt in masculine fashion, and one such pioneer was seen in the sacred Row" the other day. I learn; from one of the fashionable habitmakers that he receives about half : a dozen orders each -season for divided,cross-saddle skirts. , ..: ; ., ;■ -_~ ;.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13235, 21 July 1906, Page 6 (Supplement)
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119LADIES ON HORSEBACK. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13235, 21 July 1906, Page 6 (Supplement)
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