INTRODUCTION. 17 



I have known m^iny good riders who owed 

 all they knew in the art to a study of the 

 intricate laws laid down by Baucher. I 

 have many times taught movements to 

 horses by following the directions of com- 

 petent writers, and I have never failed in 

 accomplishing that which I undertook. 



I wrote How to Ride, and I write this 

 work, from a love of my subject, and be- 

 cause I am convinced that a pupil may 

 learn to ride and to school a horse from 

 books. 



While I do not think that this book can 

 in any sense be considered a compilation, 

 I wish to say that I have studied the works 

 of nearly all the modern writers upon my 

 subject and have had instruction from 

 several professional school-riders ; but I 

 have also had the experience of many 



