INDEX. 



323 



Riding, does not produce coarse- 

 ness in rider, 9. 



drawers, 59. 



erroneous ideas concerning, 

 7. 



first lessons in, 22, 125, 149, 

 217. 



gauntlets, 64. 



habit, 52. 



habit, shirt, 59. 



habit, skirt of, 55. 



habit skirt, how to hold, 65. 



habit, waist of, 53. 



hair in, 61. 



hat, 62. 



jacket, 53. 



pantaloons, 58. 



petticoat, 58. 



whip, 66, 308. 

 Rising in the saddle in English 



trot, 207. 



Running away, 288. 

 Running walk, 20. 



Saddle-flaps, 76. 



Saddle, girthing the, 77, 93. 



lady's, 68, 93. 



length of, 72, 73. 



off-pommel to, 75. 



placing the, 71, 93. 



seat to the, 72. 



second pommel to, 68, 75. 



third pommel to, 68, 73-, 74. 



to adjust the, 71, 93. 



to rise in the, in English 

 trot, 207. 



weight of the, 76. 



width of the, 73. 

 Safety stirrups, 79. 

 Seat, correct one for a lady, 118. 



on horseback, 114. 



to saddle, 72. 



Separation of the reins, 165. 

 Shirt, the riding-habit, 59. 

 Short stirrup-leather, 74. 

 Shying, 273. 

 Skirt, foot-loop in, 56. 



holding the, 65. 



of the riding habit, 55. 

 Snaffle-bit, 84, 148. 



when best, to use, 148. 170. 

 Spring-bar attachment to stirrup- 

 leather, 80. 



Spur and whip, 294. 

 Stable, ladies visiting the, 44. 

 Stalls for horses, 47, 49. 

 Standing leap, 249, 253. 

 Stirrup, 74, 79. 



irons, 81. 



leather, 74, 81. 



leather, spring-bar attach- 

 ment to, 80. 



leather, too long, 74, 139. 



leather, too short, 74, 136. 

 Stokes' mode of girthing the sad- 

 dle, 77. 

 Stop in the canter, 236. 



the English trot, 212. 



the flying gallop, 248. 



the walk, 191. 

 Stumbling, 176, 292. 

 Style of the rider's figure, 18. 

 Support, 168, 173, 313. 



Teacher and pupil, 142. 



Temperaments of the horse, 22. 



The Arab horse, 16, 23. 



The canter, 222. 



The gallop, 238. 



The horse, 13. 



The kind of horse to purchase, 18, 

 30. 



The leap, 249. 



The low-bred horse, 23. 



The saddle and bridle, 67. 



The seat on horseback, 114. 



The thoroughbred, 23. 



The trot, 197. 



The walk, 181. 



Third pommel, 68-74, 121, 202. 



Thorough and low bred, differ- 

 ences, 23. 



Tight corsets prevent good riding, 

 6. 



To change reins quickly, 158, 165. 



To collect the horse, 170, 177. 



To hold the riding-skirt, 65. 



To manage the horse with the va- 

 rious reins, 145. 



To rise in the saddle in the Eng- 

 lish trot, 207. 



Too long stirrup-leather, 74, 139. 



Too short stirrup-leather, 74, 136. 



To turn the horse to the left, 151. 



To turn the horse to the right, 

 151. 



