PREFACE. 



meet, to some extent, this literary want. Emboldened 

 by the success of a book I wrote on Training and 

 Racing in India, I have ventured to adapt a portion 

 of it to my present purpose. 



I am afraid that at the mention of race riding, many 

 who have taken up this book may exclaim that they 

 do not want to ride like jockeys, and will therefore 

 throw it aside unread. I can, however, assure them 

 that the modern style of steeplechase and race riding 

 — as exemplified by Mr. Garratt Moore, Tom Cannon, 

 and George Fordham, for instance — is the very best 

 model for all ordinary requirements, although it need 

 not be strictly copied in every detail. 



I have much pleasure in taking this opportunity of 

 thanking Mr. Stanley Berkley for his friendly labour 

 in illustrating my ideas in this work ; Mr. Edwin 

 Martin, the well-known Newmarket trainer, for hints 

 and corrections respecting the chapter on Race Riding ; 

 Mr. Nicholls, for his remarks on saddles, and for Figs. 



