Riding and Driving for Women

by Belle Beach

• English conditions of riding, [162];
  • fashion of mounting, [46–48], [50];
  • method in show-ring, [82], [83];
  • rule of the road, [255], [256];
  • saddles, [42], [44], [46], [51], [134];
  • saddle dress, [118];
  • trained hunter, [67], [68].

• Feeding a horse, [96–98].
• Feet “home,” riding with, [11], [12], [44], [51].
• Foot of horse, to dislodge stone or nail from, [94], [95].
• Forelock, the, [244].
• Form, in driving, [193] et seq.;
  • in riding, [3] et seq.
• Four-in-hand driving, [217] et seq.;
  • catching the thong, [219–222];
  • dress for, [223], [260], [261];
  • going downhill, [231];
  • harness, [220];
  • lady’s four-in-hand, [226], [229];
  • position, [198], [225];
  • of hands and reins, [219], [222], [226], [238];
  • readjusting reins, [231], [232];
  • shortening and lengthening reins, [227];
  • starting, [225], [227];
  • stopping, [228];
  • to straighten the team, [227], [228];
  • taking up the reins, [223–225];
  • turning, [228], [229];
  • acute angles, [230–232].

• Gait, in driving, [250–252];
  • in riding, [91], [93], [160], [161], [187–189].
• Games, see [Gymkhana].
• Garland, James A., his The Private Stable quoted, [220], [221], [223–225], [227–232].
• Gig horse, western style of, [248].
• Gigs, in tandem driving, [235], [236].
• Girthing, [102], [142], [237].
• Girths, [141–143].
• Gloves, [74], [128], [129];
  • driving, [261].
• Groom, on the rumble, [216], [257], [258];
  • livery of, [254], [261–263], [277].
• Gymkhana games, [282–289];
  • classes, [282];
  • affinity race, [284];
  • drag-hunt contest, [286], [287];
  • egg and spoon race, [283];
  • music stall ride, [283], [284];
  • potato race, [284], [285];
  • tandem riding, [287–289];
  • judge’s stand, [286].

• Habit, the, [74], [108–115];
  • materials for, [115–119].
• Hack, the park, [78], [82], [83], [95], [160], [162], [168–172], [185];
  • road, [172].
• Hair, arrangement of, [126], [127], [260].
• Hands, in driving four-in-hand and tandem, [219], [222], [226], [229], [238].
• Hands, in riding, [14–29];
  • hunting, [64], [65];
  • lightness of, [28], [29];
  • position of left hand, [15], [18], [19];
  • right hand, [20–23].
• • leather of, [274–277];
  • mourning, [277];
  • weight of, [275];
  • for four-in-hand, [220];
  • English phaeton pair, [279];
  • single phaeton, [274];
  • single road, [276];
  • double road, [278], [280];
  • show-ring, [245];
  • tandem, [236].
• Harness, inspection of, [193], [195];
  • hat guard, [128].
• Hat, riding, [74], [127], [128];
• Hills, driving up and down, [231], [238], [239], [251–255].
• Hints on Driving, cited, [217].
• Hook, invisible, [145–147].
  • “five-gaited,” [42];
  • green, [26], [214];
  • points of, [183];
  • saddle horse, [157–179];
  • selection of, [180–190];
  • in the show-ring, [77] et seq.;
  • tandem, [240];
  • see also [Hack] and [Hunter].
• Horse, “combination,” [159], [170–173];
  • points of, [167];
  • in tandem harness, [240].
• Hunter, the, [60], [62], [67], [68], [70–72], [163–169];
  • bit, [76];
  • costume, [73–75];
  • etiquette, [58], [60], [61];
  • pace, [70], [71];
  • position of hands, [64], [65];
  • of body and legs, [65–67];
  • saddle and bridle, [75], [76], [148];
  • seat, [44];
  • in the East, [166];
  • in the South, [166].
• Hunting, [58–76];

• Irish hunters, [164], [165];
  • pony, [176].

• Jewelry, [130].
• Jumping, [44], [45], [59], [62], [169];
  • the martingale for, [147], [148];
  • position in, [14], [15], [64–67];
  • three styles of, [63], [67];
  • with an English-trained hunter, [67], [68].

• Keeping to the right, [93], [255], [256].
• Kicking, [50], [105], [106];
  • dangers of, in driving, [214].
• Kicking straps, [214], [274].

• Lady Bonnie, saddle mare, [157], [158].
• Lamps, the, [212], [248].
• Lap robe, the, [260].
• Leading a horse, [94].
• Leaping horn, the, [9].
• Leggings, [124], [130].
• Legs, position of, in riding, [7–12].
• Limping, [94], [95].
• Livery, servant’s, [254];
  • dress, [261], [262];
  • undress, [262], [263];
  • mourning, [277].
• Loin straps, [279].

• Mane, the, [244].
• Manners, in a horse, [81], [187].
• Martingale, running, [28], [76], [147], [148];
  • standing, [76], [116], [147–149].
• Mexican saddle, [42], [47].
• Morley-Knight, Capt. C., R.A., his How to Drive, [201];
  • Hints on Driving, [217].
• Mounting, cross-saddle, English fashion, [46–48], [50];
  • military fashion, [48], [49–51].
• Mounting, side-saddle, without assistance, [31], [32];
  • with assistance, [32–34];
  • from the block, [34], [35].
• Mouth, the, [21], [23], [54], [76], [154], [155], [204], [266];
  • “tricks,” [156].

• Neckwear, [75], [125], [126].
• Noseband, the, [76], [146–148].