10 Preface:. 



is preferable to the use of a single curb immediately suc- 

 ceeding the work with the snaffle alone. 



To some it may seem that confusion exists as to ar- 

 rangement of the facts. The scheme of arrangement is 

 as follows : 



A man, in training a horse, can begin work on the 

 horse with what he finds in the beginning of this book, 

 and as the horse progresses he need only progress in his 

 reading to find new exercises. Certain defmitions and 

 explanations are requisite to a proper understanding of 

 an exercise. These are necessarily interpolated. 



If the reader will consider the difficulties in setting 

 forth such facts in a logical sequence, he will perhaps 

 be more lenient in his criticisms of this book, although 

 criticism is expected and sought. 



A. M. P. 



Manliiis, N. Y., August, 191 1. 



