Cammie's Choice

Cammie has a rather disastrous time on the Courtney’s Shetland pony Jason, but is then introduced to Missy Devereux and the Pony Club, where Cammie lears to ride hunters, and starts hunting. From the jacket: "First thing you know it will all become second nature," Missy said, when Cammie despaired of ever being a good rider. It was Cammie's dream to become a horsewoman, to ride to hounds and to have prize rosettes to place on the wall above her bed -- all ambitious goals for a city girl who had only just met her first horse. However, Cammie was determined and her fervour so impressed Missy, the owner of the local riding school, that it was arranged that Cammie should have free riding lessons in return for help in running the school. Cammie had many obstacles to surmount before reaching her prime ambition of taking part in the local fox hunt. The jealousy of the pretty, spoiled Judy, misunderstandings, preparations for events, and the hard work attached to looking after horses, all tested Cammie's endurance and she accepted each and every challenge as it arose. Set in the softly-wooded grasslands of Northern Virginia, this book by Jane McIlvaine will be enjoyed by girls of all ages with a love for horses. Miss McIlvaine is a celebrated American author of many highly successful stories, several of which have been Junior Literary Guild selections.