"A prominent Master of Hounds know has offered to produce 12 women who would outbound (ride to 4 finished) 12 men," says Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny in the "Evening Standard:"
Mr. A. J. Munnings, the painter! of hunters, a keen rider, who recent. ly "'hoaxed" the public into the belief that a mounted model in riding kiz was a man, whereas "he" was al clever young horsewoman, declared that Sir Claude was quite right. "Right in all he says," he added emphatically "By Jove, a woman doesn't mind breaking her neck six times a week: in these days.
Some of them ride like mad, and it takes a very funny fence to stop) them. You have to get out of way when they are coming along.
Claude has seen it, and he knows.
You cannot get away from it—women to-day see no fear in anything when they are out in the field. The women have ridden the heads off the men."
Mr. William Smith, the West End ding master, with 46 years' experi. ence, admits that women who go in for outdoor sport dre getting very. bhard and fit, though he doubts their ability to meet men on equal terms the saddle. pty "Young horsewoman at the present time are certainly a very smart lot in many cases," he said. "In paying a tribute to their keenness:
fitness, Sir Claude is pretty well ight. doubt, however, whether it would be possible to find a dozen women riders who would outbound al daren mien.
Of tate years women have improved to a far greater degree at hard work in the saddle th because they facilities."
Young men, nowadays, who formerly" had the means and_ the time to Live an open air life, with plenty of hunting, generally have to concern themselves about earning! a living. well-to-do people, are encouraged to go in for riding. They have the ficient. A leisure and become remarkably pro-
"I know a fow of them who have} become so strong and muscular through riding, swimming, tennis, and the like, that they refuse to wear evening dress. Aristocrati girls they are, too,.whose home surroundings offer them every luxury.
"And if T may add a personal! opinion they are certainly fine looking gitls—far better looking th in the days when plenty of exercise was deemed not quite the right thing, For their sex:
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