8 INTRODUCTIOJV. 



road, or in the troop, the rider must fol- 

 low some sort of method in the manage- 

 ment of his horse. 



Every horse that can be ridden is to 

 some extent schooled, as we understand 

 It in the manage, and the more amenable 

 he is to the will of the rider the more 

 nearly the object of every system of the 

 schools has been obtained, no matter 

 whether his trainer knew or was ignorant 

 of what he was effecting or how it was 

 brought about. 



Teaching the horse to turn to the 

 right or to the left, driving him forward 

 with the heels, and measuring his speed 

 and perfecting his paces, are things that 

 every rider endeavors to accomplish, and 

 these are, all of them, primary principles 

 of the schools. 



