THE 



HOESEMAI. 



A 



WORK ON HORSEMANSHIP; 



CONTAININO 



PLAIN PRACTICAL RULES FOR RIDING, AND 

 HINTS TO THE READER ON THE SELECTION 

 OF HORSES. 



TO WHICH IS ANNEXED 



A SABRE EXERCISE 



FOR MOUNTED AND DISMOUNTED SERVICE 



H. R. HERSHBERGER, 



Instructor of Riding at the U. S. Military Acadmy. 



WITH CUTS, ILLUSTRATING THE VARIOUS KINDS OF 

 BITS, PACES OR GAITS OP THE HORSE, AND 

 PRACTICES FOR THE ACCOMPLISHED 

 HORSEMAN. 



NEW YORK: 

 WILSON AND COMPANY, 



15 SPRUCE STREET. 



1847. 



