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Updated: July 1, 2025
One of the most accomplished horsewomen who ever sat a side-saddle, her appearance on horseback would alone have sufficed, in a community like Waroona, to have won for her the admiration and homage of the public. But there were yet other reasons for the popularity she acquired within an hour of her arrival.
And there came with him thirty and six Kings, and one Moorish Queen, who was a negress, and she brought with her two hundred horsewomen, all negresses like herself, all having their hair shorn save a tuft on the top, and this was in token that they came as if upon a pilgrimage, and to obtain the remission of their sins; and they were all armed in coats of mail and with Turkish bows.
In conformity to these ideas, the squire had them all on horseback at an early age, and made them ride, slap-dash, about the country, without flinching at hedge or ditch, or stone wall, to the imminent danger of their necks. Even the fair Julia was partially included in this system; and, under the instructions of old Christy, has become one of the best horsewomen in the county.
Again an angry flush stained her cheeks. The stupidity had been hers, not his. She resented it that he was ready to take the blame, read into his manner a condescension he did not at all feel. "I know whose fault it was. I'm not a fool," she snapped brusquely. It added to her irritation at making such an exhibition of clumsiness that she was one of the best horsewomen in the Territory.
Dressed in the divided skirt of corduroy, the loose, soft, gray shirt, gauntleted gloves, mannish felt hat, and boots, usual to Arizona horsewomen, she seemed as much at ease in the saddle as any cowboy in the land; and, indeed, she was. As she came up the slope, the man in the shade of the cedar saw that she was young.
Such a remark uttered by a general not much loved, speedily flew from one end of the camp to the other, and was not long in making its way to the Court and to Paris. The young horsewomen alluded to were offended; their friends took up arms for them, and Madame la Duchesse de Bourgogne could not help showing irritation, or avoid complaining.
The horsemen and horsewomen caracoled gaily by him; proudly swept on the sparkling barouche; the saucy grooms pranced in his face.
Girls who do not possess any aptitude or desire to ride should not be compelled to practise this art, for, apart from the cruelty of subjecting a highly nervous girl to the torture of riding lessons, such unwilling pupils never become accomplished horsewomen.
Miss Martell is one of the best horsewomen of this region, and you, Mr. Hemstead, managed a span that were beyond me, saved my neck at the same time, in all probability." The young lady at first was simply polite, and greeted him as she naturally would a stranger casually introduced.
In conformity to these ideas, the Squire had them all on horseback at an early age, and made them ride, slapdash, about the country, without flinching at hedge, or ditch, or stone wall, to the imminent danger of their necks. Even the fair Julia was partially included in this system; and, under the instructions of old Christy, has become one of the best horsewomen in the country.
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