The Horsewoman

About this eBook

Author

Hayes, Alice M., 1863?-1913

Title

The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Sidesaddle riding

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26318

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26318

Release Date

August 15, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HORSEWOMAN A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.THE HORSEWOMAN.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. BEGINNING TO RIDE.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. HORSES FOR LADIES.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. SIDE-SADDLES. — DESCRIPTION OF A SIDE-SADDLE. — SADDLE TREE. — COVERING OF A SIDE-SADDLE. — PANEL. — THE LEAPING HEAD — STIRRUP-LEATHER. — SAFETY BARS. — SAFETY STIRRUPS, — GIRTHS. — BALANCE STRAP. — BREAST-PLATE. — WEIGHT OF A SIDE-SADDLE. — SHAPE OF THE SEAT OF A SIDE-SADDLE. — THE SADDLE MUST FIT THE RIDER. — CRUPPER. — NUMDAHS AND SADDLE-CLOTHS. — SIDE-SADDLES FOR CHILDREN. — SADDLING A HORSE. — PREVENTION OF SORE BACKS. — CLEANING A SADDLE.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. BRIDLES. — DESCRIPTION OF A BRIDLE. — VARIETIES OF BITS. — SNAFFLES. — CURBS. — PELHAMS. — NOSE-BANDS. — REINS. — MARTINGALES. — ADJUSTMENT OF THE BRIDLE.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. RIDING DRESS. — HABITS AND SAFETY SKIRTS. — BREECHES. — UNDERCLOTHING. — HATS. — BOOTS. — GLOVES. — RIDING UNDER-BODICE, HUNTING-TIES, COLLARS, CUFFS AND TIES.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. — MOUNTING. — DISMOUNTING,
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. HOW TO HOLD THE REINS. — PRINCIPLES. — HOLDING SINGLE REINS IN BOTH HANDS. — HOLDING SINGLE REINS IN ONE HAND. — HOLDING DOUBLE REINS IN BOTH HANDS. — HOLDING DOUBLE REINS IN ONE HAND. — SHORTENING THE REINS. — MILITARY METHOD OF HOLDING THE REINS. — RESPECTIVE MERITS OF ONE-HANDED AND TWO-HANDED RIDING.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE SEAT. — THEORY OF THE SEAT. — PRACTICAL DETAILS.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. HANDS, VOICE, WHIP AND SPUR. — HANDS. — VOICE. — WHIP. — SPUR.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. FIRST LESSONS IN RIDING. — THE WALK. — TURNING. — THE HALT. — THE TROT. — THE CANTER. — GALLOP. — JUMPING. — REINING BACK.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. RIDING ACROSS COUNTRY. — “MADE” FENCES. — PRACTICE OVER NATURAL FENCES.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. HACKING.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. RIDING WITHOUT REINS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. NERVE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. FENCES, COUNTRY AND GATES.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. HUNTING. — WHEN LADIES BEGAN TO HUNT. — HUNT SUBSCRIPTIONS. — IN THE FIELD. — CUB-HUNTING. — KICKERS AND RED BOWS. — BLOOD. — COMING HOME. — RIDER’S PHYSICAL CONDITION. — TIPS AND THANKS. — THE HORN. — HIRELINGS. — FARMERS AND WIRE. — PILOTS. — FALLS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. RIDING AND HUNTING ABROAD.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. WALKING FOXHOUND PUPPIES.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. KINDNESS TO HORSES.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. CROSS-SADDLE RIDING FOR LADIES.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. RIDING DIFFICULT HORSES. — GENERAL REMARKS. — SHYING. — STUMBLING. — DANCING AND PRANCING. — THROWING UP THE HEAD. — HABIT-SHY. — JIBBING. — SHOULDERING. — BACKING. — PULLING. — REFUSING. — BORING. — KICKING. — BUCK-JUMPING. — REARING.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS OF THE HORSE.
28. 28.INDEX.
29. 29.BOOKS ON HORSES.

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