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PREFACE. 



IT has been the earnest effort of the Author of 

 this Work to convey practical information on 

 the nature and dispositions of horses ; on all 

 equestrian exercises and movements of riders 

 and drivers ; and on the construction and 

 utility of saddlery, harness, &c. ; and, having 

 excluded all extraneous matter, to compose 

 and arrange his instructions on an entirely new 

 plan, so concise and comprehensive for the 

 purposes of self-tuition, that all who read and 

 ride may acquire, from an hour's reading, a 

 clear view of the best principles of the eques- 

 trian art. 



