vi PREFACE. 



comfortably, with stirrups the right shape and bridle 

 reins the right length. 



As a frontispiece I have given my readers the 

 I)ortrait of Glencoe, a horse I consider the best- 

 shaped I ever saw, or ever saw a picture of. 



I have shown him what to choose and what to 

 avoid ; what unsoundnesses to beware of, and what 

 faults in riding to keep clear of; and, if he will take 

 the trouble to master its contents, I have put in his 

 possession a work which will enable him to go 

 without trepidation into a dealer's yard, to buy a 

 horse that he will like, and to ride him with 

 satisfaction. 



