IN TROD UCTION. 2 1 



horseback is to place yourself, or cause yourself to 

 be placed, upon a saddle ; to remain there at ease 

 in a position which has been calculated and regu- 

 lated by certain rules, and to make your horse go 

 when, where, and as you will. You cannot learn to 

 do this if you are impatient of correction or sensi- 

 tive to criticism, even though sometimes severe. 



