FOREWORD 



ciples, for the good rider acquires 

 them unconsciously. An accom- 

 pHshed rider is such because he 

 already has been doing the things 

 that have been suggested in these 

 pages. What follows, therefore, 

 is nothing less or nothing more 

 than the doing of what naturally 

 makes horseback riding both a 

 graceful and a delightful exer- 

 cise. 



From childhood I have been 

 privileged to ride a horse. When 

 I was a small girl, my father 

 vsrould put me on a horse — a safe 

 one, of course, — and teach me the 

 first things to do. As I grew older 

 these riding experiences were 

 broadened by riding in a girl's 

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