CONTENTS.
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Preface | [3] |
| Contents | [5] |
| Preliminary Observations—The Horse | [7] |
| Mr. Rarey's mode of subduing Horses—compared with that practised in South America | [16] |
| Difference between the character and conduct of a wild horse and a tame one | [24] |
| Horsemanship—a just seat—a light hand—their advantages in riding, in leaping, in galloping over rough ground, in going fast down hill, in falling | [28] |
| A jump into a stone-quarry—the Mameluke's leap out of the Citadel of Cairo—Letter from Gen. Moore, and story of his fall on horseback over a precipice of 237 feet | [44] |
| Mode of riding at Timber | [51] |
| Water Jumping—Scene at a Northamptonshire brook | [54] |
| Different ways of Swimming a Horse | [62] |
| Judicious Riding | [63] |
| Use and Abuse of Spurs | [65] |
| How to treat a Hunter in the Field | [74] |
| How to bring a Hunter Home | [80] |
| How to Dress for Hunting | [89] |
| How to Eat and Drink for Hunting | [97] |
| Difference between Leicestershire and Surrey Hunting | [104] |
| The Stable | [106] |
| On Shoeing | [114] |
| On Roughing Horses | [119] |
| Saddles | [121] |
| Bridles | [126] |
| Intrinsic Value of a Horse | [130] |
| On Shying | [132] |
| On Singeing | [136] |
| Meet of the Pytchley Hounds at Arthingworth to draw Waterloo Gorse | [143] |
| Effects created by the Sight of Hounds on Horses, Men, Women, Children, Sheep, Lambs | [152] |
| Cruelty of Hunting Considered | [159] |
| The Lamb and the Fox | [163] |
| Beneficial Results, social and pecuniary, of Hunting | [167] |
| Sketch of the Life and Death of Thomas Assheton Smith | [173] |
| On Military Horse-power | [195] |
| On Hobbling and Anchoring Cavalry Horses | [206] |
| On Chloroforming Horses | [215] |
MAN AND HIS RIDER.
MODE, IN NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH AMERICA, OF RIDING OVER THE ANDES, ON A RED INDIAN.
QUERY, which IS "THE SAVAGE?"
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THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.