PREFACE. 



This book is a welding together, re-arrange- 

 ment and partial re-writing of two predeces- 

 sors. I published the first, " How to Ride," in 

 London, during a temporary residence abroad. 

 It was my intention to bring out an edition of 

 it in this country, but I was prevented doing 

 so by the action of the Orange Judd Company, 

 which issued my book in a mutilated form, 

 incorporated with matter by some other hand, 

 under the title of "Riding and Training Sad- 

 dle Horses." 



The second book, called "A System of 

 School Training for Horses" (about to appear 

 in London), which was intended as a sequel to 



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