CONTENTS 



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— A lady's hack — ■" Good hands" — Raising and 

 lowering horse's head — Mobility of lower jaw — 

 Shying — How to hold the reins — Turning corners 

 — Two schools of horsemanship — Advantage of 

 making a horse's mouth with the legs — Principal 

 duty of the hand, knees and legs — Position of 

 hand — double feeling on a rein — Control with one 

 hand ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 



CHAPTER V. 



Training a Horse — The hack — Object of training — 

 Chief road to success — Rider's voice — Tact — 

 Impulsion — Teaching the horse to yield the lower 

 jaw and bend the neck — Pivoting round — Making 

 a horse light in hand — The " passage " — Changing 

 the leg in the canter — A cause of stumbling — A 

 good hack — The walk and trot — Different effects 

 of the reins — The canter — Punishment — Rearing 

 — The hunter — Teaching to jump — Use of hands 

 and legs — How to make a horse get up at his 

 fences — Refusing — Riding to hounds — Riding a 

 strange horse — Riding at a jump — Resolution 

 necessary — French method of teaching a horse to 

 jump — Hunting seat — Stopping a puller ... ... 51 



CHAPTER VI. 



Special Work in the Riding School — The " Haute 

 Ecole," its practical use — The Spanish walk and 

 trot — How to teach them — Leg and spur work 

 ■ — Diagonal use of hands and legs ... ... 71 



APPENDIX. 



M. Baucher and his training ... ... ... ... 79 



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