
The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
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- THE HORSEWOMAN A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- THE HORSEWOMAN.
- CHAPTER I. BEGINNING TO RIDE.
- CHAPTER II. HORSES FOR LADIES.
- 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.
- CHAPTER IV. BRIDLES.
- DESCRIPTION OF A BRIDLE.
- VARIETIES OF BITS.
- SNAFFLES.
- CURBS.
- PELHAMS.
- NOSE-BANDS.
- REINS.
- MARTINGALES.
- ADJUSTMENT OF THE BRIDLE.
- CHAPTER V. RIDING DRESS.
- HABITS AND SAFETY SKIRTS.
- BREECHES.
- UNDERCLOTHING.
- HATS.
- BOOTS.
- GLOVES.
- RIDING UNDER-BODICE, HUNTING-TIES, COLLARS, CUFFS AND TIES.
- CHAPTER VI. MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING.
- MOUNTING.
- DISMOUNTING,
- 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.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE SEAT.
- THEORY OF THE SEAT.
- PRACTICAL DETAILS.
- CHAPTER IX. HANDS, VOICE, WHIP AND SPUR.
- HANDS.
- VOICE.
- WHIP.
- SPUR.
- CHAPTER X. FIRST LESSONS IN RIDING.
- THE WALK.
- TURNING.
- THE HALT.
- THE TROT.
- THE CANTER.
- GALLOP.
- JUMPING.
- REINING BACK.
- CHAPTER XI. RIDING ACROSS COUNTRY.
- “MADE” FENCES.
- PRACTICE OVER NATURAL FENCES.
- CHAPTER XII. HACKING.
- CHAPTER XIII. RIDING WITHOUT REINS.
- CHAPTER XIV. NERVE.
- CHAPTER XV. FENCES, COUNTRY AND GATES.
- 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.
- CHAPTER XVII. RIDING AND HUNTING ABROAD.
- CHAPTER XVIII. WALKING FOXHOUND PUPPIES.
- CHAPTER XIX. KINDNESS TO HORSES.
- CHAPTER XX. CROSS-SADDLE RIDING FOR LADIES.
- 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.
- CHAPTER XXII. NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS OF THE HORSE.
- INDEX.
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