The American Horsewoman

by Elizabeth Karr

• Fabric for riding-dress, [57].
• Falling down of the horse, [286], [294].
• False on the turn, in canter, [234].
• Faulty position of limbs, [136].
• Fay's training, [38].
• First lessons in riding, [22], [125], [149], [217].
• Flying gallop, [238].
  • carriage of body in, [246].
  • holding of reins in, [240].
  • management of horse in, [239].
  • stop in the, [248].
  • turns in, dangers of, [242], [248].
• Flying leap, [249], [267].
• Flying trot, [198].
• Foot-hoop in skirt, [56].
• Foot, the leading, [209].
• Forcing the hands 169, [316].
• Formation of low-bred horse, [24].
• Formation of thoroughbred horse, [24].
• French trot, [21], [199], [203].

• Gaits for a lady's horse, [20].
• Gallop, the, [238].
• Gallop, flying, dangers of turns in, [242].
  • flying, to stop in, [248].
  • flying, turns in, [242], [248].
  • hand, [238].
• Gauntlets, riding, [64].
• Gayety of the horse, [282].
• Gentleman's aid in dismounting, [109].
• Gentleman's aid in mounting, [103].
• Girthing the saddle, [77], [93].
• Girths, [76], [95].
• Give and take movements, [169], [171], [316].
• Glossary, [313].
• Good riding, tight corsets incompatible with, [6].
• Grooms, [44], [50], [97], [305].

• Habit, the riding, [52].
• Hair, in riding, [61].
• Hand gallop, [238].
  • dangers in, [240].
• Hard mouth of horses, [50].
• Hat, the riding, [62].
• Head-dress, [61].
• Health from horseback riding, [3].
• Height of horse for a lady, [19].
• Holding the reins, [145].
  • in flying gallop, [247].
• Holding the riding skirt, [65].
• Holding the whip, [66].
• Horse, affection of, [4], [16].
  • cares of the lady for, [4], [44], [47].
  • character of, [4].
  • collected, [177].
  • confidence of, [5], [16], [317].
  • defenses of, [271].
  • dismounting the, [99], [108].
  • disunited, [177].
  • education of, [35].
  • exercise of the, [50].
  • falling down of, [286], [294].
  • for a city lady, [30], [31].
  • for a country lady, [37].
  • gaits of, for a lady's, [20].
  • height of, for a lady, [19].
  • livery stable, for a lady, [51].
  • managing the, [145].
  • managing, with different reins, [145].
  • mounting the, [99].
  • origin of the, [13].
  • purchase of, [18], [30].
  • temperaments of the, [22].
  • the, [13].
  • the Arab, [16], [23].
  • the kind of, to select, [18].
  • the low-bred, [23].
  • the thoroughbred, [23].
  • to collect the, [170], [177].
  • to stop the, [152], [156], [164], [191], [212], [236], [248].
  • training the, [34].
  • treatment of the, [35].
  • united, [177].
  • unsteadiness of, while being mounted, [290].
  • whipping the, [295].
• Horseback, positions on, [129], [133], [137].
  • riding, healthy, [3].
  • the seat on, [114].
  • wrong positions on, [115], [128].
• Horses, box stalls for, [49].
  • corns on feet of, [32].
  • hard mouth of, [50].
  • humane training of, [35].
  • ladies', attentions to, [4], [44], [47].
  • moderate priced, [31].
  • mouth, changes of pressure on, should be gradual, [174], [195].
  • stalls for, [47], [49].
• Horse's head, raising the, [174].
• Humane training of horses, [35].
• Hunting, [10].

• Introduction, [1].

• Jacket, the riding, [53].
• Jog-trot, the country, [21], [198].

• Kicking, [282].

• Ladies riding in park, observations on, [128].
• Lady, cares of, for her horse, [4], [38], [44].
  • correct seat for a, [118].
  • horse for a, [18], [30], [34].
  • livery-stable horse for a, [51].
• Lady's attention to her horse, [4], [38], [44].
  • bridle, [82].
  • horse, what gaits for a, [20].
  • pantaloons, [58].
  • saddle, [69], [93].
  • visiting her stable, [44].
  • whip, [66].
• Language of horse's ears, [25], [273].
• Latchford's safety stirrup, [80].
• Leading foot, which is the, [209].
• Leap, the, [249].
  • the flying, [249], [267].
  • the standing, [249], [253].
• Length and width of saddle, [72], [73].
• Lennan's safety stirrup, [80].
• Lessons with lunge-line, [42], [125].
• Liberty of reins, when to give, [175].
• Limbs, correct position of, [124].
  • faulty position of, [136].
• Livery-stable horse for a lady, [51].
• Long stirrup-leather, [74], [139].
• Low-bred horse, formation of, [24].
• Lunge-line lessons, [42], [125].

• Management of the horse in flying gallop, [239].
• Managing the horse with reins, [145].
• Martingales, [83].
• Moderate-priced horses, [31].
• Mounting, [99].
  • from a high horse-block, [100].
  • from a low horse-block, [101].
  • from the ground, [101].
  • gentleman's aid in, [103].
  • unsteadiness of horse while, [290].
• Movements of the rider's body, [6].

• Natural riders, [8], [114], [128].
• Near pommel to saddle, [317].

• Observations on ladies riding in park, [128].
• Off-pommel to saddle, [75], [317].
• Origin of the horse, [13].
• Original position of snaffle-reins, one in each hand, [150].
• Original position of snaffle-reins, both in one hand, [154].
  • position of snaffle and curb reins, all in one hand, [161].
  • position of snaffle and curb reins, one of each in each hand, [166].
• Over-reaching, [293], [317].