CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMEN. PART I. AMATEUR HORSE-TRAINING.

LESSON I. COMING TO THE WHIP.

LESSON II. TO HOLD THE BIT LIGHTLY ( FLEXION DE LA MaCHOIRE ), USING THE CURB.

LESSON III. TO HOLD THE BIT LIGHTLY, USING THE SNAFFLE.

LESSON IV. TO LOWER THE HEAD.

LESSON V. TO BEND THE NECK TO RIGHT AND LEFT, WITH THE REINS

LESSON VI. TO BEND THE NECK TO RIGHT AND LEFT, WITH THE REINS THROWN OVER THE NECK.

LESSON VII. TO MOVE THE CROUP TO RIGHT AND LEFT WITH THE WHIP.

LESSON VIII. MOUNTED.

LESSON IX. MOUNTED.

LESSON X. THE WALK.

LESSON XI.

LESSON XII. TO GUIDE "BRIDLEWISE."

LESSON XIII. THE TROT.

LESSON XIV. THE GALLOP, HAND-GALLOP, AND CANTER.

LESSON XV. THE PIROUETTE, DEUX PISTES, PASSAGE.

LESSON XVI. BACKING.

LESSON XVII. RIDING IN CIRCLES. CHANGE OF LEADING FOOT.

PART II. ETIQUETTE IN THE SADDLE.

PART III. LEAPING.

PART IV. BUYING A SADDLE-HORSE.

INDEX.

Title: Horsemanship for Women

Author: Theodore Hoe Mead

Language: English

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