THE SIDE-SADDLE TO BE ABANDONED.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2688, 31 August 1887, Page 2

THE SIDE-SADDLE TO BE ABANDONED.

' Tho use of side-saddles is said to Wo bßen'commonced in Englaud about tho Vev 1388. iu the reign of Richard 11. Before and up to that time ladioa wore ac'cuotbme'd to ride on horsebadk in tho samp position aa men. A rider on the Bide-saddle it obliged to advanco the loft shoulder in order to "Bit square" and this turning round of the head and Shoulders to the right while the : lego remain on the loft side of the saddle 'brings the brings the body into a spiral or twisted form. Severe injuries sometimes enauo from a ridor being thrown abovethe crutch or pommel, and thea ooming down on tho.,upper part oh it, : and occasionally; I ;'from the. pommel'being forced into the chest of the rider,' if the horse fall on his near or loft •side.' An accident of the latter sort ''happened iu Paris in April, 1882, to a pro- ■ f&Mional circus-rider, Mdlie. Emilio Lois- ] B%' A horse which she had bean trying in : tho'circuß having refused to leap an artificial fence or barrier, turned around' to ■ regain the stable, bet finding the- door . and fell, causing the pommel otthe saddle to enter the chest of the---rider. It is stated that "doctors were soon in attendance, but only to, pronounce Mdle. Loiasot's case hopeless; The unfortunate young lady expired after Some thirty hours' terrible ■ suffering." ' The skirts of the habits are often caught on,the crutch or pommel, if riders are • thrown, and the latter aro then liable to be;dragged along the pund. There we always many riders, alfto, who are mexporienced or unskilful, and who lean thegreater part of their, weight on thi stirrup, thus pressing dowu the.saddlo on ope Bide, v and-.causiiig sore backs- to % horses. There art a torgo.numWrof.;: horsew J oraen : whqareconyincedthataifao '. advantage, side-saddles belng.discontinued, althoM'J they hesitate to carry.it:into practical « consequence of the dislike'that it jbaV•'=-'' be supposed many of them havi'to' 'jh* idea of appearinst on horsebaok in a style which would be regarded aa a novel one in the present day. For-riding ofj». ero«a saddle the riding costume ■■ would' ■>■' of couwfl, have to be altered. A drew * rather resembling that worn by ladies at ' gymnasiums, might be the most suitable. Some.practice at a riding school should also be gone through before ventwiii m "' hi toad.-' London Queen:* -vT <