CONTENTS 



PART I 

 THE USUAL OR INSTINCTIVE EQUITATION 



I. INTRODUCTION 3 



II. MOUNT, DISMOUNT, AND VAULT 7 



III. THE SEAT 15 



IV. THE WOMAN RIDER 30 

 V. THE AIDS 37 



VI. THE GAITS 40 



VII. JUMPING 47 



PART II 



THE REASONED EQUITATION : THE TRAINING OF THE SADDLE- 

 HORSE BY THE AID OF PRINCIPLES BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE 

 OF MASTERS OF THE ART OF RIDING 



VIII. THE REASONED EQUITATION 55 



IX. BREAKING IN 58 



X. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS 67 



XL THE FIRST WORK ON FOOT 70 



XII. THE FLEXIONS 74 



XIII. BACKING AND THE PIROUETTES 86 



XIV. THE HANDLING OF THE REINS 94 



XV. THE FIRST WORK MOUNTED: THE HANDS AND 



THE AIDS 1 06 



XVI. THE LEGS AND THEIR EFFECTS in 



XVII. THE SPURS AND THEIR EFFECTS 119 



XVIII. MOBILIZATIONS MOUNTED 140 



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