Q. What do you mean by "imperfectly kept"?
A. I mean that the soil is not free from bricks and other impediments to comfortable and safe riding.
Q. Why do you go to Rotten Row?
A. Because it is the most convenient place in London for the residents of the West End.
Q. But would not Battersea Park do as well?
A. It is farther afield, and at present, so far as the rides are concerned, given over to the charms of solitude.
Q. And is not the Regent's Park also available for equestrians?
A. To some extent; but the roads in that rather distant pleasaunce are not comparable for a moment with the ride within view of the Serpentine.
Q. Would a ride in Kensington Gardens be an advantage?
A. Yes, to some extent; still it would scarcely be as convenient as the present exercising ground.