8 Table of Contents 



Chapter I. Education of the Horse— Continued. Page. 



Conformation 46 



Quality— Breeding 47-48 



Relation between breeding and training 49 



Chapter II. Generalities: 



Influence and responsibility of the colonel 50 



Influence and responsibility of the troop com- 

 mander 50 



Qualities of the instructor and the trainers 50 



Care given on arrival in the regiment 51 



Object of the education of the young horse 51 



Divisions — 



Breaking and training 52 



Circumstances which may influence the 

 duration of the education of the young 



horse — General rules 54 



Chapter III. Breaking: 

 Objects of breaking— 



Phases— Importance of work— Work not 



mounted 56-57 



Work on the longe 57 



Saddling— Mounting lessons 59-60 



Training to bear the saber— Mounted work — 



First lessons of aids — Movement 61 



Halting— Turning 63 



Backing— First lessons at the gallop 64-65 



Preliminary conditioning — Organization of 

 sections: Leaders— Value of the various 



gaits 65-66 



Defenses of the colt 67 



Use of the double bridle — Preparation of the 

 colt for his future use in case of mobiliza- 

 tion — Hygiene — Shedding and period on 



grass 68-69 



Choice of ground — Individual work — Har- 

 ness — First instruction over obstacles — 



Leading 69-70 



On the longe— At liberty— Mounted 70-71 



Chapter IV. Training 72 



Principal factors in training, the instructor, 



the rider, the work — Time 73 



Physiology of training— Influence of character 

 and conformation 74 



