PREFACE. 



Nothing within this book is believed to be beyond 

 the reach of the mounted service in general. 



The time allotted to "breaking" or gentling will be in 

 many cases eliminated, as the present system of remount 

 stations has become well established. 



Each troop should have three or four such articles 

 as longes and cavessons. These articles can be made 

 very easily by saddlers and blacksmiths, from a model. 

 Models can undoubtedly be procured through the ]Mount- 

 ed Service School at Fort Riley, Kansas, or from any 

 saddlery store, care being taken in purchasing from the 

 latter to determine whether the model is a correct one 

 or not. 



In many cases the reasons for the use of certain 

 aids^ etc., are apparent, and all explanation is omitted. 

 In other cases, where explanations involve nice points of 

 mechanics, etc., they have likewise been omitted. The 

 reason for the latter omissions being that they are in- 



