MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



PART I.— THE PRIMER. 

 RIDING. 



CHAPTER I.—INTR OD UCTOR Y. 



THE UNION AND BALANCE OF THE FORCES. 



The general principles of horsemanship must be 

 understood before one can hope to attain any skill 

 in riding. Simple as these are, it is not probable 

 that a knowledge of them would be acquired with- 

 out instruction of some kind, for they have been 

 formulated only after ages of carefully conducted 

 experiments, and their value depends as much upon 

 what is avoided as upon what is attempted. The 

 self-tauorht rider mio-ht discover certain effects of 

 the aids, but he would be certain to have faults 

 that would prevent him reaching anything like 

 excellence. The thorough horseman knows exactly 

 what to do under all circumstances, how to cultivate 



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