Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 959
erve. Sometimes boys and girls fromEnglish families come to theschool with a note from homesaying they must be taughtto ride in the Englishstyle — that is, learn toleap fences and ditches.So Master Percy Fitz-dollymount and hissister, the HonorableMary Adelaide Fitz-dollymount, are givenlessons in… … ■■X..^ and hedges, destroying the farmers crops and doing a great deal of harm, all for the sake of a race after a fox or a rabbit. They never think of paying the farmer for the damage, and they call it fine sport. We have none of this kind of riding in America. There is no need of learning to leap…
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