48 PARK RIDING. 



REMAEKS ON THE ART OF RIDING. 



He who thinks that the art of riding merely 

 consists in maintaining a seat on the back of a 

 horse, and requires no instruction, labours under 

 a delusion that stands between him and the 

 reasonable enjoyment which riding is capable of 

 affording to the properly instructed equestrian. 



Equitation is the art of teaching a horse thai 

 knowledge which fits him for man's use and 

 pleasure and renders him obedient to the will of 

 his rider. 



This instruction is not conveyed by means of 

 the language of man, but is taught the horse by 

 repeated lessons composed of certain motions of 

 the hand (and the aids of the heel) acting on the 

 reins, which are attached to the bit in the horse's 

 mouth ; each motion or movement of the hand 

 having its particular signification which, when 



