Transcriber’s Note
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of correctionsis found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling andhyphenation have been maintained. A list of inconsistently spelled andhyphenated words is found at the end of the text.
THE
LADY AND HER HORSE,
BEING HINTS SELECTED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
AND COMPILED INTO A SYSTEM
OF
EQUITATION.
BY
Major T. A. JENKINS.
MADRAS:
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY PHAROAH AND CO.
ATHENÆUM PRESS, MOUNT ROAD.
1857.
CONTENTS.
  Page.
Introductory Address 1
Preparatory Remarks 2
Directions for Mounting 5
The Seat and Balance 7
Holding the Reins 10
Aids and Indications 11
Guiding 16
Animations 22
Soothing 21
Corrections 25
Vices 26
Paces of the Horse 33
Leaping 39
Road Riding 41
Dismounting 46
Concluding Remarks 48
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EQUITATION.
INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS.
“What delight
To back the flying Steed, that challenges
The wind for speed! Seems native more of Air,
Than Earth! Whose burden only lends him fire!
Whose soul is in his task, turns labour into sport
And makes your pastime his!”
‘Love Chase.’
“The chief point in Horsemanship”, Colonel Greenwood observes in his“Hints on Horsemanship” “is to get your horse to be of your party; andnot only to obe                        
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