Elsie Reford, her son Bruce and another rider on the service road to Estevan Lodge, 1905, Photograph by Robert Wilson Reford
© Reford Gardens, Les Amis des Jardins de Métis Collection, NAC 1997.10.2.16
Elsie Reford was an avid horsewoman. She would bring her horse whenever she went to stay in Metis. Elsie mounted side-saddle (both legs on one side), which allowed her to ride in the feminine dignity of a long skirt.