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What a lady needs to know about horses...



'The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual'
by Anonymous, 1838
Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine


A book on the 'Art of Riding on Horseback' for Ladies:

'Riding on Horseback is, confessedly, one of the most
graceful, agreeable, and salutary of feminine recreations.
No attitude, perhaps, can be regarded as more elegant
than that of a lady in the modern side-saddle....[...]'

Read it here: Project Gutenberg eBook
and read about the book here





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