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countries of Europe, school-riding has 

 advanced with the age, and it is now 

 recognised, by the professors of the 

 art, that each man has a seat pecuhar 

 to himself, and those movements only- 

 are practised that are necessary to 

 give the rider control over his horse 

 under all circumstances. 



When we see that school-riding, 

 in one form or another, is used in all 

 armies, and, indeed, wiierever the 

 horse must be under command, it is 

 hardly necessary to argue the import- 

 ance of a knowledge of its laws by all 

 who desire to ride w^ell. And although 

 in the extended gallop of the hunting- 

 field, it is impossible to retain the 

 equilibrium of the maurge, the horse 

 will be the more amenable for his 



