assistance. Perhaps I may be allowed to explain to embryo
Dianas, to the growing huntresses of the present age, that she
who rides and makes no demand receives attention as close as is
ever given to her more imperious sister. And how welcome she is !
What a grace she lends to the day's sport! How pleasant it is to
see her in her pride of place, achieving her mastery over the
difficulties in her way by her own wit, as all men, and all
women also, must really do who intend to ride to hounds; and
doing it all without any sign that the difficulties are too great
for her!

The lady who rides like this is in truth seldom in the way. I
have heard men declare that they would never wish to see a side-
saddle in the field because women are troublesome, and because
they must be treated with attention let the press of the moment
be ever so instant. From this I dissent altogether. The small
amount of courtesy that is needed is more than atoned for by the
grace of her presence, and in fact produces no more impediment in
the hunting-field than in other scenes of life.
But in the hunting-field, as in other scenes, let assistance
never be demanded by a woman. If the lady finds that she cannot
keep a place in the first flight without such demands on the
patience of those around her, let her acknowledge to herself that
the attempt is not in her line, and that it should be abandoned.
If it be the ambition of a hunting lady to ride straight, and
women have very much of this ambition, let her use her eyes but
never her voice; and let her ever have a smile for those who help
her in her little difficulties. Let her never ask any one " to
take care of that gate," or look as though she expected the
profane crowd to keep aloof from her. So shall she win the hearts