Copyright, 1887, by Harper & Brothers.


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[CONTENTS.]

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

[ILLUSTRATIONS.]