Horsemanship for Women

About this eBook

Author

Mead, Theodore H. (Theodore Hoe), 1837-

Credits

E-text prepared by Julia Miller, Paul Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Horsemanship

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42938

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42938

Release Date

June 13, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMEN
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.PART I. AMATEUR HORSE-TRAINING.
5. 5.LESSON I. COMING TO THE WHIP.
6. 6.LESSON II. TO HOLD THE BIT LIGHTLY ( FLEXION DE LA MÂCHOIRE ), USING THE CURB.
7. 7.LESSON III. TO HOLD THE BIT LIGHTLY, USING THE SNAFFLE.
8. 8.LESSON IV. TO LOWER THE HEAD.
9. 9.LESSON V. TO BEND THE NECK TO RIGHT AND LEFT, WITH THE REINS HELD BELOW THE BIT ( FLEXIONS DE L’ENCOLURE ).
10. 10.LESSON VI. TO BEND THE NECK TO RIGHT AND LEFT, WITH THE REINS THROWN OVER THE NECK.
11. 11.LESSON VII. TO MOVE THE CROUP TO RIGHT AND LEFT WITH THE WHIP.
12. 12.LESSON VIII. MOUNTED.
13. 13.LESSON IX. MOUNTED.
14. 14.LESSON X. THE WALK.
15. 15.LESSON XI.
16. 16.LESSON XII. TO GUIDE “BRIDLEWISE.”
17. 17.LESSON XIII. THE TROT.
18. 18.LESSON XIV. THE GALLOP, HAND-GALLOP, AND CANTER.
19. 19.LESSON XV. THE PIROUETTE, DEUX PISTES, PASSAGE.
20. 20.LESSON XVI. BACKING.
21. 21.LESSON XVII. RIDING IN CIRCLES.—CHANGE OF LEADING FOOT.
22. 22.PART II. ETIQUETTE IN THE SADDLE. — DRESS. — THE MOUNT. — MOUNTING. — THE START. — ON WHICH SIDE TO RIDE. — THE SEAT. — ON THE ROAD. — THE PACE. — TURNING. — THE GROOM.
23. 23.PART III. LEAPING.
24. 24.PART IV. BUYING A SADDLE-HORSE. — PARTS AND “POINTS” OF THE HORSE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. — LIST OF DISEASES AND DEFECTS.
25. 25.INDEX.

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.