RIDING 



INTRODUCTION 



BY His GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G. &c. 



IVERSE are 

 the opinions of 

 experts in the 

 art of riding, 

 and of the 

 teachers of 

 the art, as to 

 whether it is 

 not easier to 

 teach youth 

 of either sex 

 in their teens, 

 who have 



never sat upon 

 a horse pre- 

 viously, than 



those who have lived in the saddle from their earliest child- 

 hood. The advocates of early practice hold that early famili- 

 arity with ponies and horses, and the habit of riding them, 

 give advantages to the very youthful beginner that no teaching 

 or practice in after life can ever supply. It is chiefly from 

 instructors of the art that objection comes to these childish 



