8 INTRODUCTION. 



far as the accomplishment can be explained within 

 the limits of a book, the Author has endeavoured 

 to do so ; but he repeats there is much which can- 

 not be written, and is only to be acquired through 

 personal tuition. 



Lessons in the school alone can seldom make a 

 good rider. In it the horse and the pupil become 

 accustomed to the same monotonous routine day 

 after day ; but when they emerge on the road it is 

 found that the expert rider of the scJiool is deficient 

 in tact and skill ; and, in fact, has learnt but little. 

 The nature of the animal will occasion this ; 

 changing the scene of every-day objects in the 

 school, for the great variety he must meet on the 

 road, gives an impetus to his hitherto dormant 

 spirit ; then the rider will find that he must exert 

 all the skill and judgment he possesses to keep his 

 horse under the proper control indispensable to his 

 safe guidance. 



In conclusion, should this work contribute to the 

 enlightenment of ladies and gentlemen desirous of 

 becoming finished equestrians, it will have accom- 

 plished the end for which it was undertaken. 



