VI INTRODUCTION. 



for, while it is quite true that neither man nor woman 

 can learn to ride by simply reading a book on the sub- 

 ject, still a carefully-compiled manual of equitation is 

 always a ready means of refreshing the memory upon 

 points of importance in the art, which, however clearly 

 explained by the oral instruction of a first-class master, 

 may yet in time escape the recollection of the pupil. 



'^ViEiLLE Moustache." 



