THE 



HOBSEMAN. 



WORK ON HORSEMANSHIP; 



CONTAINING 



PLAIN PRACTICAL RULES FOR RIDING, AND 



HINTS TO THE READER ON THE SELECTION 



OF HORSES. 



TO WHICH IS ANNEXED 



A SABRE EXERCISE 



FOR MOUNTED AND DISMOUNTED SERVICE. 



~ 



H. R. HERSHBERGER, 



Instructor of Riding at the U. S. Military Academy. 



WITH CUTS, ILLUSTRATING THE VARIOUS KINDS OF 



BITS, PACES OR GAITS OF THE HORSE, AND 



PRACTICES FOR THE ACCOMPLISHED 



HORSEMAN. 



NEW YORK: 

 HENRY G. LANGLEY, 8 ASTOR 'HOUSE . 



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