CONTENTS 



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vii 



Preface ... 



Translator's Preface . . . ix 



CHAPTER 1. 

 HORSE AND MAN. 



The Horse — Feeding — Intelligence of the Horse — Influence of a Man's 

 expression of face on a Horse — Influence of the Human Voice on a 

 Horse — Making much of a Horse — Punishment — Bitting — Martin- 

 gale — Saddle — Stirrups — Cutting Whip — Spurs — Man's Seat — 

 Lady's Seat ... . . . I to 31 



CHAPTER II. 

 ORDINARY RIDING. 



Lunging a. Horse — Close work, advancing — Collecting a Horse and 

 direct Fle.xion — Objects to be obtained by direct Flexion — Making 

 a Horse quiet to mount — How to hold the Reins — Teaching a 

 Horse by the Whip to obey legs and spurs — Horse mounted, first 

 Defences, means for overcoming them — The Walk — To halt and 

 stand still — Changes of Direction — Lateral flexions — Objects of 

 Lateral flexions — Rotation of the Croup and Shoulders — School 

 Walk — The rein back — The raviene7', collection^ rassembler, and 

 equestrian tact — Side steps and two tracks — The trot — The canter 

 — Voltes and demi voltes at the canter — Changes of leg — The 

 Hack . ... . 32 to 183 



CHAPTER III. 

 HORSES WITH VICES. 



Nervous Horses — Horses which throw their heads about — Horses which 



run away ..... .... 184 to 194 



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