INTRODUCTION. 



It is to be regretted that, in this nation 

 of horsemen, riding, as practised in the 

 schools, should have fallen into disuse ; 

 for the manege is the foundation of horse- 

 manship. This neglect is owing, in a 

 great measure, to the prejudice that once 

 prevailed against the formal seat and the 

 unnecessary airs of la haute-ecole. But, 

 in most 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 peculiar to him- 



