CONTENTS. 



PART I. PAGE 



Amateur Horse -training 1 



Lessox 



I. COMING TO THE "WHIP 15 



II. To Hold the Bit Lightly {Flexion de la mdchoire), 



Tseng the Curb 21 



III. To Hold the Bit Lightly, using the Snaffle . . 24 



IV. To Lower the Head 25 



V. To Bend the Neck to Right and Left, with the 



Relns Held Below the Bit (Flexions de I'enco- 



lure) 32 



VI. To Bend the Neck to Right and Left, with the 



Relns Thrown Oyer the Neck 35 



VII. To Move the Croup to Right and Left with the 



Whip 38 



VIII. Mounted 41 



IX. Mounted {continued) 48 



X. The Walk 51 



XI. To Move the Croup with Heel and Whd? {Pirou- 

 ette rerwersee) 52 



XII. To Guide "Bridlewise" 55 



XIII. The Trot 58 



XIV. The Gallop, Hand-gallop, and Canter .... 64 

 XV. The Pirouette, Deux Pistes, Passage 71 



XVI. Backing 75 



XVII. Riding ln Circles.— Change of Leading Foot . . 79 



