2 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



as well for the further improvement and re- 

 membrance of those who have attended riding- 

 schools, as for the instruction of those who 

 have not had time, opportunity, or inclination, 

 to submit to the tedious, and to ladies, gene- 

 rally troublesome lessons of riding-masters. 

 Although many instructors may, themselves, 

 "break-in" young horses, and ride and drive 

 exceedingly well, they do not always intelli- 

 gibly impart the principles, observances, and 

 precautions on which they themselves act ; and 

 many do that which they cannot describe, and 

 are unconscious of the science, which is the 

 foundation and regulation of their own per- 

 formances ; but in fact, all practical affairs re- 

 quire theory, as all theory requires practice. 

 Those persons, therefore, who drive, or ride on 

 horseback, should understand driving and rid- 

 ing scientifically, since there is a right and a 

 wrong way of doing all things. 



The following remarks are expressed as briefly 

 and intelligibly as possible, with a view to assist 

 the memory, and to their immediate practical 

 application. It is confidently hoped, that they 



