PREFACE. 



AFTER a connection of nearly nine years with the cav- 

 alry service, and a close observance of everything relat- 

 ing to horsemanship, the author of this work has endea- 

 vored to convey practical information on all equestrian 

 exercises by an easy and progressive method. 



To make the work more intelligible and interesting to 

 all admirers of the horse and his performances, stable and 

 jockey-terms have been substituted for all hard names ; and 

 as it is almost exclusively devoted to the art of riding, any 

 reference to the veterinary art and all anatomical descrip- 

 tions, with their technicalities, have been studiously 

 avoided. 



These instructions are arranged on a concise and com- 

 prehensive plan, and all extraneous or superfluous matter 

 is entirely excluded ; so that the reader, as he advances, 

 can see these principles clearly and perspicuously eluci- 

 dated. 



The points of the horse, indicating his action, strength, 

 wind, etc., as exhibited in his external structure, can be 

 advantageously studied even by the superficial observer. 



