Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece / or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding - George Greenwood

[The short rein should be used when one hand is occupied]	[93]
[Its use to a soldier]	[94]
[Its use with the restive horse]	[94]
[It should not be used in hunting, or in swimming a horse]	[95]
[Objection to it for common riding]	[95]
[Used by postilion]	[96]
[Short rein of the Eastern horseman]	[96]

[CHAPTER X.]
COLT-BREAKING.

[Colt-breaking is the best possible lesson for the rider]	[97]
[The head-stall]	[98]
[The snaffle]	[99]
[Longeing]	[101]
[Saddling]	[102]
[Mounting]	[102]
[Sermon to the colt-breaker]	[103]
[The noblest horse resists the most]	[103]
[The horse has a natural right to resist]	[103]
[The colt wants no suppling]	[105]
[He wants to be taught the meaning of your indications]	[105]
[And to be brought to obey them]	[110]
[The leaping-bar]	[110]
[Fetch and carry]	[113]

[CHAPTER XI.]
THE HORSE AND HIS STABLE.

[Condition depends on food, work, and warmth]	[115]
[So does the difference between the breeds of horses]	[116]
[The terseness of the Arab is the result of hard food]	[116]
[So is that of our thorough-bred horse]	[117]
[Different breeds result from different natural conditions]	[118]
[Crossing only necessary where natural conditions are against you]	[119]
[We do not attend enough to warmth]	[120]
[We should get fine winter coats by warmth, instead of singeing]	[120]
[No fear of cold from fine coats]	[121]
[The horse’s foot should be stopped with clay]	[121]
[The sore ridge]	[122]
[Stable breast-plate]	[124]
[The head-stall]	[125]
[Never physic, bleed, blister, or fire your horse]	[126]
[Food for condition]	[126]
[Rest for strains]	[126]
[Nature for wounds]	[126]
[Miles for shoeing]	[127]
[The horse should have water always by him]	[127]
[And should stand loose]	[128]
[No galloping on hard ground, either by master or man]	[128]
[He who cripples the horse kills him]	[128]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.