Chapter I: Introduction: xi

I.--OUGHT CHILDREN TO RIDE 1

II.--FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN 11

III.--FIRST HINTS TO A LEARNER 24

IV.--SELECTING A MOUNT 32

V.--THE LADY’S DRESS ON HORSEBACK 43

VI.--THE LADY’S DRESS ON HORSEBACK--(_continued_) 54

VII.--BITTING 63

VIII.--SADDLING 81

IX.--“LEARNING TO RIDE”--HOW TO SIT, TO WALK,
TO CANTER, AND TO TROT 92

X.--REINS, VOICE, AND WHIP 105

XI.--RIDING ON THE ROAD 122

XII.--PACES, VICES, AND FAULTS 135

XIII.--A LESSON IN LEAPING 146

XIV.--MANAGING REFUSERS 158

XV.--FALLING 166

XVI.--HUNTING OUTFIT CONSIDERED 179

XVII.--ECONOMY IN RIDING DRESS 188

XVIII.--HACKS AND HUNTERS 203

XIX.--IN THE HUNTING-FIELD 217

XX.--SHOEING 231

XXI.--FEEDING 241

XXII.--STABLING 250

XXIII.--DOCTORING 262

XXIV.--BREEDING 280

XXV.--TRAINING 292

XXVI.--A BUDGET OF “TIPS” 307

INDEX 339