THE EQUESTRIAN. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



The Arts of Riding and of Driving, although 

 never so much practised as at present, are 

 so imperfectly understood, that it is as true 

 as it is remarkable, that few, very few of 

 all those who are daily engaged in these 

 exercises, either for recreation, or by necessity, 

 understand them; and people in general, 

 while they are so fortunate as to escape acci- 

 dents — by mere chance — flatter themselves 

 that they have a perfect knowledge of the 

 arts — a delusion which often leads to unex- 

 pected danger, and thus becomes the occasion 

 frequently of permanent injuries, and some- 

 times of death. 



The following explanations and instructions 

 are analytically arranged under separate heads, 



