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HORSEMANSHIP. 



EARLY ORIGIN OF HORSEMANSHIP MODERN HORSEMAN- 

 SHIP THE MANEGE INFLUENCE OF HORSEMANSHIP 



ON HEALTH THE MILITARY SEAT THE ACT OF 



MOUNTING THE SEAT RISING IN THE STIRRUPS 



PECULIAR TO GREAT BRITAIN SEAT ON THE ROAD 



THE HUNTING SEAT FENCES BROOKS — FALLS 



SADDLES AND BRIDLES — SPURS RACE-RIDING SEAT 



OF THE JOCKEY METHODS OF STARTING FINISH OF 



A RACE STEEPLE-CHASE RACING QUALIFICATIONS 



FOR A STEEPLE-CHASE RIDER. 



As to the question, Who was the first horse- 

 man \ it would be in vain to inquire, for even the 

 writers of ancient fables do not agree upon the 

 point. By some it is pretended that Bellerophon 

 first mounted a horse ; that Pelethronius first 

 bridled him ; that he was harnessed bv Erichtho- 



