INDEX. 





Riding, does not produce coarse- 

 ness iu rider, 9. 



drawers, 59. 



erroneous ideas concerning, 

 7. 



first lessons iu, 22, 125, 149, 

 217. 



gauntlets, 64. 



habit, 52. 



habit, shirt, 59. 



habit, skirt of, 55. 



habit skirt, how to hold, 65. 



habit, waist of, 53. 



hair in, 61. 



hat, 62. 



jacket, 53. 



pantaloons, 58. 



petticoat, 58. 



whip, 06, 308. 

 Rising in the saddle in English 



trot, 207. 

 RiinuiuL,'' away, 288. 

 Running walk, 20. 



Saddle-flaps, 76. 



Saddle, girthing the, 77, 93. 



lady's, 68, 93. 



length of, 72, 73. 



off-])ommel to, 75. 



placing the, 71, 93. 



seat to the, 72. 



second jionimel to, 68, 75. 



third jioinniel to, 68, 73, 74. 



to adjust the, 71, 93. 



to rise in the, in English 

 trot, 207. 



weight of the, 76. 



width of the, 73. 

 Safety stirrnps, 79. 

 Seat, correct one for a lady, 118. 



on horseback, 1 14. 



to saddle, 72. 

 Separation of the reins, 165. 

 Shirt, the riding-habit, 59. 

 Short stiirnp-leather, 74. 

 Shying, 273. 

 Skirt, foot-loop in, 56. 



holding the, 65. 



of the riding habit, 55. 

 Snaffle-bit, 84, 148. 



wlien best to u.<!c, 148. 170. 

 SprinLT-bar attachment to stirrup- 

 leather, 80. 



Spur and whip, 294. 

 8tal)le, ladies visiting the, 44. 

 Stalls for horses, 47, 49. 

 Standing leap, 249, 253. 

 Stirrup, 74, 79. 



irons, 81. 



leather, 74, 81. 



leather, spring-bar attach- 

 ment to, 80. 



leather, too long, 74, 139. 



leather, too short, 74, 136. 

 Stokes' mode of girthing the sad- 

 dle, 77. 

 Stop in the canter, 236. 



the English trot, 212. 



the flying gallop, 248. 



the walk, 191. 

 Stumbling, 176, 292. 

 Style of the rider's figure, 18. 

 Support, 168, 173, 313. 



Teacher and pupil, 142, 



Temj.eranients of the horse, 22. 



The Arab horse, 16, 23. 



The canter, 222. 



The gallop, 238. 



The horse, 13. 



The kind of horse to purchase, 18, 

 30. 



The leap, 249. 



The low-bred hor.^o, 23. 



The saddle and bridle, 67. 



The seat on horsel»ack, 114. 



The thoroughbred, 23. 



The trot, 197. 



The walk, 181. 



Third pommel, 68-74, 121, 202. 



Thorough ami low bred, differ- 

 ences, 23. 



Tight corsets prevent good riding, 

 6. 



To change reins quickly, 158, 16.5. 



To collect the lior.>^e, 170, 177. 



To hold the riding-skirt, 65. 



To manage the horse with the va- 

 rious reins, 145. 



To rise in the saddle in the Eng- 

 lish trot, 207. 



Too long stirrnp-leatlicr, 74, 139. 



Too short stirrnp-leather, 74, l.'?6. 



To turn the horse to the loft, 151. 



To turn the horse to the right, 

 151. 



