| PART I. | PAGE |
| [Amateur Horse-training] | 1 |
| Lesson |
| I. | [Coming to the Whip] | 15 |
| II. | [To Hold the Bit Lightly (Flexion de la mâchoire),Using the Curb] | 21 |
| III. | [To Hold the Bit Lightly, using the Snaffle] | 24 |
| IV. | [To Lower the Head] | 25 |
| V. | [To Bend the Neck to Right and Left, with theReins Held Below the Bit (Flexions de l’encolure)] | 32 |
| VI. | [To Bend the Neck to Right and Left, with theReins Thrown Over the Neck] | 35 |
| VII. | [To Move the Croup to Right and Left with theWhip] | 38 |
| VIII. | [Mounted] | 41 |
| IX. | [Mounted (continued)] | 48 |
| X. | [The Walk] | 51 |
| XI. | [To Move the Croup with Heel and Whip (Pirouetterenversée)] | 52 |
| XII. | [To Guide “Bridlewise”] | 55 |
| XIII. | [The Trot] | 58 |
| XIV. | [The Gallop, Hand-gallop, and Canter] | 64 |
| XV. | [The Pirouette, Deux Pistes, Passage] | 71 |
| XVI. | [Backing] | 75 |
| XVII. | [Riding in Circles.—Change of Leading Foot] | 79 |
| PART II. | |
| [Etiquette in the Saddle] | 87 |
| | [Dress] | 88 |
| | [The Mount] | 91 |
| | [Mounting] | 92 |
| | [The Start] | 99 |
| | [On which Side to Ride] | 100 |
| | [The Seat] | 102 |
| | [On the Road] | 107 |
| | [The Pace] | 112 |
| | [Turning] | 112 |
| | [The Groom] | 116 |
| PART III. | |
| [Leaping] | 118 |
| PART IV. | |
| [Buying a Saddle-horse] | 132 |
| | [Parts and “Points” of the Horse, Alphabetically Arranged] | 135 |
| | [List of Diseases and Defects] | 148 |
| [INDEX] | 157 |