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HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS 



" He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly." 



Proverbs xiv, v. 17. 

 " He that regardeth reproof is prudent." 



Proverbs xv, v. 5. 



To make any system of teaching riding a success, 

 we require a trained horse of a temperate disposi- 

 tion. If he is riding a slug, the pupil should carry 

 a whip; remember that he does not know how, and 

 therefore cannot use his legs, and will only tire him- 

 self in the attempt to do so. The accepted meaning 

 of the word " trained " will be given later. I do not 

 wish to imply that such a horse is absolutely neces- 

 sary ; a man can learn to sit on any animal that will 

 not run away. 



The instructor should first of all be a horseman 

 himself, although there is no greater fallacy than the 

 common idea, prevalent only in England and her 

 colonies, that because a man can ride he can teach 

 others to do so. He should know what he is at, and 

 have an encouraging and sympathetic disposition. 

 The teacher of riding must remember that nerve 

 grows best out of confidence, and that before now 

 pluck has been killed by avoidable accidents. He 



