+Page+
+Preface+ 3
+Contents+ 5
+Preliminary Observations--The Horse+ 7
+Mr. Rarey's mode of subduing Horses--compared
with that practised in South America+ 16
+Difference between the character and conduct of
a wild horse and a tame one+ 24
+Horsemanship--a just seat--a light hand--their
advantages in riding, in leaping, in galloping
over rough ground, in going fast down hill, in
falling+ 28
+A jump into a stone-quarry--the Mameluke's leap
out of the Citadel of Cairo--Letter from Gen.
Moore, and story of his fall on horseback over
a precipice of 237 feet+ 44
+Mode of riding at Timber+ 51
+Water Jumping--Scene at a Northamptonshire
brook+ 54
+Different ways of Swimming a Horse+ 62
+Judicious Riding+ 63
+Use and Abuse of Spurs+ 65
+How to treat a Hunter in the Field+ 74
+How to bring a Hunter Home+ 80
+How to Dress for Hunting+ 89
+How to Eat and Drink for Hunting+ 97
+Difference between Leicestershire and Surrey
Hunting+ 104
+The Stable+ 106
+On Shoeing+ 114
+On Roughing Horses+ 119
+Saddles+ 121
+Bridles+ 126
+Intrinsic Value of a Horse+ 130
+On Shying+ 132
+On Singeing+ 136
+Meet of the Pytchley Hounds at Arthingworth to
draw Waterloo Gorse+ 143
+Effects created by the Sight of Hounds on Horses,
Men, Women, Children, Sheep, Lambs+ 152
+Cruelty of Hunting Considered+ 159
+The Lamb and the Fox+ 163
+Beneficial Results, social and pecuniary, of
Hunting+ 167
+Sketch of the Life and Death of Thomas Assheton
Smith+ 173
+On Military Horse-power+ 195
+On Hobbling and Anchoring Cavalry Horses+ 206
+On Chloroforming Horses+ 215
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