HOR 



stirrup, 225 ; chiefly used by 

 .armed horsemen, 225 ; origin 

 and development of the tour- 

 nament, 226 ; modern horse- 

 manship, 227 ; in Italy : Pig- 

 natelli and Federigo Grisone, 

 227 ; in France : La Broue 

 and Pluvinel, 227 ; Baucher, 

 229 ; in Germany, 228 ; in 

 England : principal works on 

 horsemanship, sixteenth to 

 eighteenth centuries, 228, 

 229 ; superiority of the 

 English as horsemen, 230 ; 

 the form of the art in which 

 they fail, 230 



Horsemanship, hints on : In 

 the school, 86 ; superiority of 

 snaffle to bit in breaking a 

 horse, 86 ; how to carry the 

 whip, 86 ; object of first 

 lessons, 87 ; get the horse to 

 step out freely, 87 ; to prevent 

 horses from stopping, 87 ; 

 handling the reins, 87, 88 ; 

 a properly placed horse, 88 ; 

 trotting, 88 ; riding badly 

 formed horses, 88 ; advantage 

 of running reins, 88 ; remedy 

 for boring, 89 ; management 

 of the snaffle, 90 ; accustom 

 the horse to the pressure of 

 the leg, 90 ; when to begin 

 using the legs, 91 ; aiding 

 with hand and leg, 91 ; prac- 

 tice in turning, 91 ; bending, 

 92-97 ; its importance and 

 usefulness, 92 ; beginning the 

 lesson, 92 ; how to get the 

 bend, 92 ; the turn on the 

 forehand, 93 ; the turn about 

 from the left rein, 93; turning 

 Bright about on the haunches, 



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94; 'shoulder in,' 94, 95; 

 the ' passage,' 96 ; * passage 

 shoulder out,' 96 ; ' half- 

 passage,' 97 ; reining back, 

 98-100; begin the lesson dis- 

 mounted, 98 ; dealing with 

 an obstinate horse, 98, 99, 

 100 ; reining back when 

 halted, 99 ; cantering, 100- 

 106; commencing the canter, 

 100; pulling up, 101 ; chang- 

 ing to either hand, 102 ; cor- 

 rection of faults, 104 ; taking 

 up the canter from the walk, 

 105; the ' half passage ' at a 

 canter, 105 ; leaping, 106- 

 112; practice over the bar, 

 mounted and dismounted, 

 107-110; rushing at a jump, 

 no ; lazy jumpers, no; 

 refusing, in ; occasional 

 open-air practice, 112; bit- 

 ting, 113-119; selecting and 

 fitting the bit, 113; the bridle, 

 113 ; accustoming the horse 

 to the bit, 114; mounting, 



115 ; how to hold the reins, 



116 ; severe bits, 117 ; mov- 

 able mouthpieces, 117; nose- 

 bands, 117; danger of stand- 

 ing martingales, 118; Out 

 of doors, 119; meeting objects 

 likely to frighten a horse, 

 121 ; to overcome reluctance 

 of young horse to leave home, 

 121 ; the gallop, 123-125 ; 

 pulling up after a gallop, 123 ; 

 shying at other galloping 

 horses, 124; remedy for, 124, 

 125 ; Punishment, 125- 132 ; 

 obstinate horses, 126 ; { cow 

 kicking,' 127 ; rearing, 127 ; 

 pulling the horse over, 128 ; 



