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CONTENTS. 



PART I. PAGE 



Amateur Horse -training . . . . . ....... 1 



Lesson 



I. Coming to the Whip .15 



II. To Hold the Bit Lightly {Flexion de la mdclwire), 



USING THE Curb 21 



III. To Hold the Bit Lightly, using the Snaffle . . 24 



lY. To Lower the Head ........... 25 



V. To Bend the Neck to Right and Left, with the 

 Reins Held Below the Bit {Flexions de Venco- 



lure) 32 



VI. To Bend the Neck to Right and Left, with the 



Reins Thrown Over the Neck 35 



VII. To Move the Croup to Right and Left with the 



Whip 38 



VIII. Mounted 41 



IX. Mounted {continued) 48 



X. The Walk 51 



XI. To Move the Croup with Heel and Whip {Pirou- 

 ette remersee) 52 



XII. To Guide "Bridle wise" 55 



XIII. The Trot 58 



XIV. The Gallop, Hand-gallop, and Canter . . . . 64 

 XV. The Pirouette, Deux Pistes, Passage ..... 71 



XVI. Backing 75 



XVII. Riding in Circles. — Change op Leading Foot . . 79 



