CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introduction ii 



CHAPTER I. 



Mounting — Dismounting — The position on horseback — 



Manner of holding the reins . .... 22 



CHAPTER II. 



Exercises of pupils in private lessons — Words of command 

 — Walking — Turning to the right or left — Voltes and 

 reversed Voltes — Trotting 38 



CHAPTER III. 



Classes— Successive and individual movements — The gal- 

 lop — Leaping — Suggestions for riding on the road . 51 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Resistances of the horse . 66 



