The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1899, Page 24

1899, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 2 fooooooflooooooooooo°°°°0°°°°°°O°O°°oooo00000°°°°°°°°°°°°oo°°o°°oOOOOOOOoofioooooooooeooooo°°°°00°f‘0"0°300000000000000000900003 2 & + ;mfi#fiflwt g B $ o ; : DE ASTRIDE ON HORSEBACK? g :1Y/ES: SHALL WOMEN RI R R Gpal O o 31 7 $ 5 : D¢ o 5 A Society Says NO, and the Doctors Are Divided. ¥ S T 24 + +$ O g COTUOIOURR :QMHNW¢¢: g o 0000000000000 C000000PPPPPIOPRUEEOO-P00000000000000000C00000CCO0000000000C0000000000000000000000000020000700000000000000C000000 Mrs. Walter Magee Illustrating the Practical Ease and Beauty of Woman's Riding Astride on Horseback. veral ladles, especially riders, to adopt this Miss Marie Wells: “l Favor the Side-Saddle Every Time.” IDING is my chief delight, but I bit more comfort than when using the San Francisco ) \)u\l\]\ declared LA Hooper, H i think were I compelled to ride side-saddle. Haste Seelidsy astride I should give up the The girls whom I know who ride c y ..’i\ “]\!\ \\Ix”\ pleasure. I am just as comfort- best all use the side-saddle, or at least Holbrovk able on the side-saddle. It {s sit thelr horses in that position, even not that I have never tried riding if they dispense with the saddle en- astride and so do not know the differ- tirely. Mabel McDonald, who takes ence. When I was in Yosemite Valley five-foot fences without a nervous I tried riding astride, but found not a twinge, never rides otherwise. o e e among upon the divided Mrs. W: By Mrs. Wal er Magee, lflssstaw{ Instry Gaptain Dillon, Head Master San Francisco Riding School HE subject of the side-saddle no solutely the best way for a woman to longer ends in the interrogation ride. tor of Phy sca‘ Tr a‘mr\g U’\n).,rsst\< of Galifornia: The Side-Saddle Must Go.” right hip. This is a fact beyond dis- ¢ pute. If it were a thoroughly har- ; ance of muscular development. point. Experiments and time If a woman rides properly the side- Telop ona hin S Ar g gupy rthusiides Dr. Winslow Ar\dersor\; fl:;::‘;f'dfi];""di‘}l‘;,'rfm';“;;r‘ef,;“"‘:,’;‘;":;fi have proven that the side-saddle saddle does not develop the right hip. e who ride infrequently ar «T) . ~ T S0 " taken, it is not harmful in the extreme. is not only the prettiest, but ab- The trouble is that of the many who £ using the side-saddl t he Sidesaddle Is a Feminine Fixture . . attempt horseback riding so few have s ive the same > even mastered the A B C of the art, ,hw;vm‘x s ¢ s as they would riding HE question of side-saddles re- sitting astride a thoroughbred looks the : 0 i for it is an art, and must be taught as A slde-sac s 1 i solves itself Into two parts, the best. iss Olive Holbrook: much as musi¢. If one simply knows t ng . vl 3 e ar c. Given these reasons for and against o . . . " how to mount and dismount and how 1].’, ¥ ""’?g'"",‘, “’(‘_d i ":‘_‘( that the ihe side-saddle there is no doubt which “Our Girls All Believe in the Side-Saddle. to stick on a horse, then certainly rid- Q€re, SomupE socon 1 Madame will accept. Pandora’'s box ing sideways, or even astride, is not side-saddle does not entirely me contained nothing ronger than the de- DO not think that any of the girls to make that imperceptlble tendency particularly beneficial. anti-bloom: with the physiological requirements; sire to make the very best appearance could even be induced to adopt di- a sufficient bugbear to cast cff the side- ~ A horse should not gallop constantly legion— t let loose there is no doubt that it is infinitely su- iency to curvature of the vided skirts and riding astride. 1 saddle. with the same foot leading. Changing guments on this ques- perior from the artistic andpoint ement of the right hip really can’t see any reason why they Our club has never taken any stand from right to left and btack again dur- s absolutely no ne Which ¢ TV the mose conside women will choose should. against divided skirts because that ing a long ride will entirely counteract astrid bloomers. A tion, the physiological or the artistic Daring and expert horsewomen have fashion has never been seriously advo- the tendency toward over-development skirt, p made fs The fashion of riding side-saddle ¢ - is but one thing to do to coun- found the sidc-saddle secure enough for cated. 1 don’'t know what the club’s of one hip. But how many are there comfortabl off the ) tendency toward curvature the effect which their most venturesome feats, so it is opinion would be were individual mem- who ever know with which foot the ay ha v other certainl; afc enough for the average bers to adopt them. I hardly think horse is leading? The fault lies not in skirt the and enlargement of the right : best one resting, to thra 2 rider. ven if it tends to develop one there is a possibility of such a thing. the side-saddle, but in the rider. viey £ b rm in the T shion of riding astride is . good that will call into ;M\ h o side more than the other, there is For we are all stout bellevers in the Unque: was not ¥ of horseback riding. to look upon. A well-groomed woman the left side. This will restore (hv I)J!— scarcely any one who rides sufficiently side-saddle. meant to ri e e e R o o R R R R R e h E ottt -t R W -R-2-2-2-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-H-F-F-EiE-E-F-F-F-F-3-3-1 TN :BEGINNING TI—IE BATTLE TO THIN OUT THE SEALS ON THE PACIFIC COAST Snap Shots Taken of the First Shots Fired by the “f“’" fCtien the saals wers Zfil",‘n"n??{’éfii““‘i; Special Officers Engaged in the Hunt. n order to get this v for the photographer killed at Point Reyes last we weather was not the hest for plcture taking dred feet over the | near without dis where the hunter s or the result will be b 1s n However, some good results were obtalned. The first essential for the taking of seal- then the slight nder ordinary circumstances apping of the shutter of getting near is not an easy one. N f Is and caused them to tumble » slippery and the seals a bit i} " . But by that time {lling pictures is to be on d when the 'sca. o that the greatest care Kunuuam_.. 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