The Horse and His Rider
By SIR FRANCIS B. HEAD, Bart.
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FRONTISPIECE
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER. By SIR FRANCIS B. HEAD, Bart.
He grew unto his seat; And to such wond'rous doing brought his horse, As he had been incorps'd and demy-natur'd With the brave beast.
Hamlet , Act iv. Scene 7.
Sir Francis Bond Head
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.
WORKS BY SIR FRANCIS HEAD.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
The Horse.
Mr. Rarey's Mode of Subduing Horses.
Seat on a Horse.
Mode of riding at Timber.
Water Jumping.
Modes of Swimming a Horse.
Judicious Riding.
Use and Abuse of Spurs.
How To Treat a Hunter in the Field.
How To Bring a Hunter Home.
How To dress for Hunting.
How to Eat and Drink for Hunting.
Difference between Leicestershire and Surrey Hunting.
The Stable.
On Shoeing.
On Roughing Horses.
Saddles.
Bridles.
Intrinsic Value of a Horse.
On Shying.
Singeing.
Meet of the Pytchley Hounds at Arthingworth.
Effects Caused by the Sight of Hounds.
Cruelty of Hunting Considered.
The Lamb and the Fox.
Thomas Assheton Smith,
On Military Horse-Power.
How to Hobble and Anchor Horses.
On Chloroforming Horses.