CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Of the Means used to Break Horses. 



Page 

 Of the honge, Cavesson and Pillars, 43 

 Of the Bridle and Bit, and of their different effects, ]5 

 Of the Choice of the Bridle, according- to the Qua- 

 lity of tlie moutli, 19 

 Of the manner of Bridling and unbridling, 23 

 Of the Saddle, and its different parts, 25 

 Manner of Saddling and unsaddling, 29 

 Of Helps and Chastisements, 31 



CHAPTER II. 



Elementary Principles of the Manege. 



Manner of Mounting and Sitting on a Horse, 41 



Work on a walk, or on a trot, 47 



Of the trot upon the Circle, 51 



Of Exercise on a Gallop, 52 

 Of the shoulder inward, and of the croup to the 



wall, 57 

 Of stops, half stops, of falling back, and of the 



changes of hand, 64 



APPENDIX. 



DiKECTIONS FOR THE LaDIES. 



Of Mounting, 73 



Of Dismounting, 79 



Vocabulary, 81 



