Sidesaddle

To deal with it, he started putting in what is termed a sidesaddle position. ❋ Ph.D. Sian Beilock (2010)

Dearest: I saw an old woman riding a horse astride: and I was convinced on the spot that this is the rightest way of riding, and that the sidesaddle was a foolish and affected invention. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Nevertheless, a noted British riding master, Colonel Hitchcock, urged women to continue with the method because, "the sidesaddle is the most decorative, dignified, and graceful method, and pleases the male eye, which prefers the ultra-feminine woman to the type which emulates the male in attire or atmosphere." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Adelina LoissetOnce again it was the women of the American West who thundered out their opposition, with the LA Times announcing, "The sidesaddle is a cumbersome, cruel burden on a horse and all right-thinking people believe its time is past." ❋ Unknown (2009)

After graduation, she visited London, where the determined young American met women like Lady Apsley, who said, "A good horsewoman in a sidesaddle is a credit to her menfolk." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Long gone are the days where Williams was crippled with nerves at the prospect of live performance, and she joked with ease about having to play guitar "sidesaddle", asking the audience to forgive any impromptu percussion cased by the baby kicking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She rode sidesaddle, wore kid gloves, and once spent $8 to have a dozen pocket handkerchiefs laundered in San Francisco on her way to the mines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One among 500 ancient Chinese works that the Agnelli Foundation donated to the museum, the figure's eyes are rounded, his nose aquiline, and though most figurines show a male rider straddling his mount, sidesaddle is not unheard of. ❋ Lee Lawrence (2011)

The first thing you notice is the pose: About 11 inches tall, he sits with his right leg bent inward as though riding sidesaddle, his upper body torqued, his left leg extended. ❋ Lee Lawrence (2011)