LONDON:
W. Thacker & Co., 87, Newgate Street
CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK, & CO.
BOMBAY: THACKER & CO. LIMITED.
1887.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, Limited,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
TO MY FRIEND
LADY GLOVER,
WIDOW OF THE LATE SIR JOHN HAWLEY GLOVER, R.N., G.C.M.G.,
GOVERNOR OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
A SMALL TOKEN OF SYMPATHY, AFFECTION, AND ESTEEM.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | [xi] | |
| I.— | Ought Children To Ride | [1] |
| II.— | For Mothers and Children | [11] |
| III.— | First Hints to a Learner | [24] |
| IV.— | Selecting a Mount | [32] |
| V.— | The Lady’s Dress on Horseback | [43] |
| VI.— | The Lady’s Dress on Horseback—(continued) | [54] |
| VII.— | Bitting | [63] |
| VIII.— | Saddling | [81] |
| IX.— | “Learning To Ride”—How to Sit, to Walk, to Canter, and to Trot | [92] |
| X.— | Reins, Voice, and Whip | [105] |
| XI.— | Riding on the Road | [122] |
| XII.— | Paces, Vices, and Faults | [135] |
| XIII.— | A Lesson in Leaping | [146] |
| XIV.— | Managing Refusers | [158] |
| XV.— | Falling | [166] |
| XVI.— | Hunting Outfit Considered | [179] |
| XVII.— | Economy in Riding Dress | [188] |
| XVIII.— | Hacks and Hunters | [203] |
| XIX.— | In the Hunting-Field | [217] |
| XX.— | Shoeing | [231] |
| XXI.— | Feeding | [241] |
| XXII.— | Stabling | [250] |
| XXIII.— | Doctoring | [262] |
| XXIV.— | Breeding | [280] |
| XXV.— | Training | [292] |
| XXVI.— | A Budget of “Tips” | [307] |
| Index | [339] |
INTRODUCTION.
The work to which these few lines are meant to form a preface does not aspire to the dignity of containing anything resembling an exhaustive treatise on each, or any of the numerous minor subjects connected with the principal one of Equitation. It is simply a collection of useful and practical hints on matters that pertain to the horse and his management—no study of things abstruse being brought into requisition, or any complicated theories put forward for guidance. The instructions given are of the plainest and easiest description, and are the result of an experience which has in some instances been rather dearly bought; the experiments described have been duly tested, the recipes tried, the systems explored, and the rules set forth rigidly investigated before being recommended.