LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Frontispiece]—Alice M. Hayes.
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[1.]Man riding a horse over a fence in a side-saddle[3]
[2.]Miss Burnaby’s Butterfly[9]
[3.]Miss Neil’s Jackeroo[11]
[4.]Mr. Vansittart’s Romance[13]
[5.]Irish mare, Salary[15]
[6.]Polo pony, Pat[17]
[7.]Arab pony, Freddie[19]
[8.]Side view of saddle tree[26]
[9.]Underneath view of saddle tree[27]
[10.]Front view of saddle tree[29]
[11.]Underneath view of saddle tree and its webs[31]
[12.]Grip with improved leaping head[35]
[13.]” ordinary ”[37]
[14.]Hook for stirrup leather[39]
[15.]Leaping head too low down[40]
[16.]Side view of a properly made saddle[41]
[17.]Champion and Wilton’s extra stirrup case[43]
[18.]Capped stirrup-iron[44]
[19.]Slipper stirrup[44]
[20.]The Christie stirrup[44]
[21.]Foot caught[45]
[22.]Latchford stirrup[46]
[23.]Scott’s stirrup[46]
[24.]” ” open[47]
[25.]Cope’s stirrup[48]
[26.]Foot released by Cope’s stirrup[49]
[27.]Scott’s stirrup[50]
[28.]Foot caught on off side[51]
[29.]Child mounted[61]
[30.]Child jumping without reins[63]
[31.]Foot caught, on account of its having been put into the stirrup from the wrong side[67]
[32.]“Head” of a single bridle: a, crown-piece; b, b, cheek-pieces; c, throat-latch; d, front or brow-band[71]
[33.]Unjointed snaffle[72]
[34.]Chain snaffle[72]
[35.]Ordinary snaffle with cheeks[72]
[36.]Nutcracker action of jointed snaffle on horse’s mouth[73]
[37.]Action of unjointed snaffle on horse’s mouth[73]
[38.]Action of a curb as a lever[73]
[39.]Properly constructed curb for ordinary hunter. Side view[74]
[40.]Ward Union curb bridle with half-moon snaffle[75]
[41.]Curb chain covered with india-rubber tube[76]
[42.]Chin-strap unbuckled[76]
[43.]Chin-strap buckled[76]
[44.]Curb reversed by horse throwing up his head, in the absence of a chin-strap[77]
[45.]Cavasson nose-band[79]
[46.]Standing martingale attached to rings of the snaffle[80]
[47.]Lord Lonsdale’s registered running martingale[81]
[48.]Maximum length of standing martingale[83]
[49.]Side view of horse’s lower jaw[85]
[50.]Angle made by the cheeks of a curb, when the reins are taken up[86]
[51.]View of under-surface of lower jaw[87]
[52.]The Hayes’ Safety Skirt open for mounting[91]
[53.]Off side of the Hayes’ Safety Skirt[93]
[54.]The Hayes’ Safety Skirt closed for walking[95]
[55.]Apron skirt open for mounting[97]
[56.]The apron skirt closed for walking[99]
[57.]Riding dress for child[101]
[58.]Loose riding coat, too long[103]
[59.]Front view of good riding coat[105]
[60.]Back view of good riding coat[107]
[61.]Terai hat and Norfolk jacket[109]
[62.]Pith hat and drill jacket[109]
[63.]Good driving coat[111]
[64.]Top of boot catching on safety bar flap[119]
[65.]Front view of riding under-bodice[121]
[66.]Back view of riding under-bodice[123]
[67.]Foot raised for mounting[127]
[68.]Ready to mount[129]
[69.]Dismounting without help[133]
[70.]” with help[135]
[71.]A rein in each hand[137]
[72.]Single reins crossed in one hand[138]
[73.]” ” ” ” ”[138]
[74.]Double reins held separately in two hands[139]
[75.]Holding double reins crossed in one hand[140]
[76.]Double reins in left hand: one crossed, the other hooked up on middle finger[141]
[77.]Reins held in one hand in military fashion[142]
[78.]Off rein taken up by right hand from position shown in Fig. 77[143]
[79.]Position of rider’s legs at the walk[147]
[80.]Hooked back leg, the direction of the pressure of which is shown by the fore finger of the left hand[151]
[81.]Seat at the walk[153]
[82.]Length of stirrup[155]
[83.]Correct position of legs[157]
[84.]Leaning back[158]
[85.]Hunting whip[171]
[86.]Thong properly put on[173]
[87.]” ” ”[173]
[88.]” incorrectly put on[175]
[89.]” not quite right[175]
[90.]A practical bullfinch[177]
[91.]Spur-carrying whip used for high school riding[181]
[92.]Thorough-bred mare at a walk[187]
[93.]Preparing to rise at the trot, with stirrup at correct length[191]
[94.]Rising at the trot, with stirrup at correct length[193]
[95.]Preparing to rise at the trot, with stirrup too long[195]
[96.]Rising at the trot, with stirrup too long[197]
[97.]Canter, with right leg hooked back, and stirrup too long[199]
[98.]Good seat at canter or gallop[201]
[99.]” ” ” ”[203]
[100.]” ” ” ”[205]
[101.]Bad seat; right leg hooked back, stirrup too long, and foot “home”[207]
[102.]Miss Emmie Harding jumping wire[211]
[103.]Maximum amount of pressure on leaping head[213]
[104.]Position of legs in jumping[215]
[105.]Driving horse over jumps[235]
[106.]A cut-and-laid fence[251]
[107.]” ” ” during construction[253]
[108.]A stake and bound fence[255]
[109.]Post and rails to close gap in hedge[257]
[110.]Posts and rails[259]
[111.]” ” ” with ditch[261]
[112.]Midland stile[263]
[113.]An oxer[265]
[114.]Wire in front of bullfinch[267]
[115.]Galway bank[271]
[116.]Side view of bank shown in Fig. 115[273]
[117.]Galway bank[275]
[118.]“Cope and dash” wall[277]
[119.]Loose stone wall[279]
[120.]Low bank with ditch on both sides[281]
[121.]View of country between Yelvertoft and Crick[283]
[122.]Grass on each side of the road[285]
[123.]Ordinary five-barred gate[289]
[124.]Bridle gate[291]
[125.]Gate with wooden latch[293]
[126.]” ” spring ” which has to be drawn back[295]
[127.]” ” ” ” ” ” ” pushed forward[297]
[128.]Double gate[299]
[129.]A puzzle in gate-opening[301]
[130.]Ridge and furrow[317]
[131.]” ” ” in the distance[321]
[132.]Haystack and gate[329]
[133.]Brook[337]
[134.]Pollard willows in the next field[339]
[135.]The Cottesmore drawing a covert[355]
[136.]Wire board[359]
[137.]Red flag[363]
[138.]“’Ware wire”[365]
[139.]Iron hurdle[367]
[140.]Wire on top of gate[369]
[141.]Pytchley puppy, Mottley[401]
[142.]Front view of kennel coat[403]
[143.]Back view of kennel coat[405]
[144.]Puppies with bicycle[407]
[145.]Pytchley puppy, Monarch[409]
[146.]Riding mountain zebra[457]
[147.]External parts of horse[467]
[148.]Measurements of horse[471]

THE HORSEWOMAN.