INTRODUCTION. 



It is fit that I should offer some ex- 

 planation for advocating the school sys- 

 tem of training, since it is generally re- 

 garded as something fanciful and useless, 

 if not positively mischievous. 



First, a few words concerning the im- 

 portance of a thorough method in the 

 training of horses for the saddle, and 

 then I shall answer, as far as I am able, 

 the objections that are raised against the 

 systems of the schools. 



Whether it be in the field, upon the 



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