- CHAPTER III. 



Classes — Successive and individual movements — The gallop- 

 Leaping — Suggestions for riding on the road. 



When the pupil has taken from ten to fifteen les- 

 sons, she ought to be able to execute the movements 

 she has studied with a certain degree of correctness, 

 and to remain a full hour on horseback without fa- 

 tigue ; and she should then, if possible, be placed in 

 a class composed of not less than twelve nor more 

 than twenty-four members. Children in a class 

 should be of the same sex, and, as near as may be, 

 of the same age and equestrian experience. It is 

 not necessary that the class should meet every day ; 

 it may come together one, two, or three times a week, 

 under the guidance of the same teacher, and this 

 need not prevent a pupil who is in it from coming to 

 the school at other times to practice the various 

 movements by herself. 



All concerned should do their best to have all 

 the members of the class present, and the school 

 should be kept clear of other riders during such 

 classes. The presence of spectators is objectionable, 

 particularly where there is a class of young girls. 



