CONTENTS.
Theodore H. Mead
PART I.
PAGE
Amateur Horse-training
1
Lesson
I.
Coming to the Whip
15
II.
To Hold the Bit Lightly
(
Flexion de la mÂchoire
),
Using the Curb
21
III.
To Hold the Bit Lightly, using the Snaffle
24
IV.
To Lower the Head
25
V.
To Bend the Neck to Right and Left, with the Reins Held Below the Bit
(
Flexions de l’encolure
)
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
(
Pirouette renversÉe
)
52
XII.
To Guide “Bridlewise”
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 of Leading Foot
79
PART II.
Etiquette in the Saddle
87
Dress
88
The Mount
91
Mounting
92
The Start
99
On which Side to Ride
100
The Seat
102
On the Road
107
The Pace
112
Turning
112
The Groom
116
PART III.
Leaping
118
PART IV.
Buying a Saddle-horse
132
Parts and “Points” of the Horse, Alphabetically Arranged
135
List of Diseases and Defects
148
INDEX
157
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