CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Hands ....'. 23 



Riding — 



Learning to Ride ........ 25 



Riding a Horse up to his Bridle 31 



Management of the Reins 34 



To Start from the Halt 35 



To Trot 35 



To Canter .......... 37 



To Gallop 38 



To Pull up 38 



To Turn the Horse .......... 39 



To Rein back ......... 40 



Holding a Puller ........ 40 



Going up and down hill ....... 42 



Swimming the Horse ........ 42 



Riding and Bridling Horses which have Tricks or Vices — 43 



Boring . . . . . . . . ... 44 



Buck-jumping ......... 45 



Chucking up the head ........ 48 



Difficult to mount ........ 48 



Forging 49 



Kicking .......... 49 



Rearing 50 



Restiveness . . . . . . . . -51 



Running Away ......... 54 



Shying and Unsteadiness . . . . . . -55 



Stumbling .......... 58 



CHAPTER II. 



RIDING OVER FENCES. . 



Jumping 61 



Riding Refusers 69 



