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HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMEN

by

THEODORE H. MEAD

With Illustrations by Gray Parker







New York
Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square
1887

Copyright, 1887, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.




CONTENTS.


 PART I.                                                          PAGE

 AMATEUR HORSE-TRAINING                                              1

 LESSON

    I. COMING TO THE WHIP                                           15

   II. TO HOLD THE BIT LIGHTLY (_Flexion de la machoire_),
         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_)       