PREFACE 



In writing this little Book I have in 

 view but one object, and that is to lay 

 down a few simple, easy Rules, by which 

 anyone can learn the Art of Riding easily 

 and gracefully without the help of a Riding 

 Master. I could easily, of course, have spun 

 it out to much greater length, and still have 

 been within the limits of my subject ; but 

 it would nevertheless have partaken more 

 or less of the character of padding; and 



