10 ^ CONTENTS. 



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Lesson Fifth (seven days) 49 



On the Haunches about. 



Lesson Sixth (seven days) 50 



Going about on the Forehand. 



Lesson Seventh (fourteen days) 51 



Perfecting the Horses in the preceding^ Lessons. . 



A Short- Explanation op this System by Questions and An- 

 swers 54 



Piaffer 59 



Leaping, how to be practised 61 



Translation from Monsieur Baucher's Methode d'Equitation, 62 



On the Performance of Horses at Liberty 72 



To make a Horse limp iij Imitation of a Lame Horse. 



Rarey's Method of Taming Horses 83 



Teaching a Horse that Man is his Master, — How to make a 

 Horse he down. — To accustom a Horse to a Drum. 



Horse-Shoeing 96 



Preparing the Foot. — The Shoe. — Choosing a Shoe. — Cutting off 

 the Heels. — The Nail-Holes. — Fitting the Shoe. — Filing up the 

 Nails. — Naihng on the Shoe. — The Hind-Shoe. — Removmg 

 Shoes. 



