Lessons in the school alone can seldom make a good rider. In it the horse and the pupil become accustomed to the same monotonous routine day after day; but when they emerge on the road it is found that the expert rider of the school is deficient in tact and skill; and, in fact, has learnt but little. The nature of the animal will occasion this; changing the scene of every-day objects in the school, for the great variety he must meet on the road, gives an impetus to his hitherto dormant spirit; then the rider will find that he must exert all the skill and judgment he possesses to keep his horse under the proper control indispensable to his safe guidance.
In conclusion, should this work contribute to the enlightenment of ladies and gentlemen desirous of becoming finished equestrians, it will have accomplished the end for which it was undertaken.
DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
The first figure represents Waite’s Improved Seat.
The position is on the same system as the Cavalry, but being more négligé in appearance, and much less constrained in feeling, although equally correct, imparts a more elegant and graceful seat to the rider.
Heavy Dragoon.
Hussar.