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.
BOOKS ON HORSES.
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