PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. 



THE British nation is essentially sporting and horse-loving, 

 so in publishing this fifth edition of " Riding and Hunting " 

 one feels that no apology is needed for bringing before the 

 public a new and improved edition on matters appertaining 

 to the horse. 



The first edition, which appeared in 1884, was entitled 

 " Riding on the Flat and Across Country "; two others quickly 

 followed, after which the author entirely revised the work, 

 and added several new illustrations to it, and it appeared in 

 1901 under the present title, " Riding and Hunting." A new 

 (5th) edition of this standard work is now required, which has 

 been improved and brought up to date. 



The Earl of Lonsdale, whose portrait formed the frontispiece of 

 the old edition, has kindly given a more recent photograph for 

 use in the present work, and has, with his usual kind-heartedness, 

 found time amongst his many varied interests to read over the 

 proofs and to add several very useful notes. He considers 

 that the work contains a large amount of very valuable informa- 

 tion, although there are some points with which he does not 

 agree. His kindly help and personal interest in this edition 

 have been very greatly appreciated by Mrs. Hayes, who, since 

 the death of her late husband, has had the supervision of his 

 books on horses. 



The chapter on Military Riding is by Major W. H. King, of 

 the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), who most kindly consented 

 to re-write and bring up to date the original one. 



This treatise on riding was a " labour of love " to its author, 

 the late Captain Hayes, an enthusiast in all matters connected 

 with horses and riding. After joining the Royal Artillery in 

 India, where he had much experience in racing and steeple - 

 chasing as carried on in that country, he was transferred to 

 the Bengal Staff Corps, in which he served nine years, after 

 which he was one year in " The Buffs " before retiring from the 

 Service. He spent over twenty years in India, and whilst 

 there published his first book, " Training and Horse-Manage- 

 ment in India," the sixth edition of which he was revising when 

 he died in 1904, and which was finished after his death by 

 Mrs. Hayes. He also wrote while in India a book entitled 



