144

CHAPTER VIII.
THE SEAT 145 to 159

CHAPTER IX.
HANDS, VOICE, WHIP AND SPUR 160 to 184

CHAPTER X.
FIRST LESSONS IN RIDING 185 to 218

CHAPTER XI.
RIDING ACROSS COUNTRY 219 to 226

CHAPTER XII.
HACKING 227 to 232

CHAPTER XIII.
RIDING WITHOUT REINS 233 to 243

CHAPTER XIV.
NERVE 244 to 247

CHAPTER XV.
FENCES, COUNTRY AND GATES 248 to 303

CHAPTER XVI.
HUNTING 304 to 380

CHAPTER XVII.
RIDING AND HUNTING ABROAD 381 to 393

CHAPTER XVIII.
WALKING FOXHOUND PUPPIES 394 to 413

CHAPTER XIX.
KINDNESS TO HORSES 414 to 425

CHAPTER XX.
CROSS-SADDLE RIDING FOR LADIES 426 to 430

CHAPTER XXI.
RIDING DIFFICULT HORSES 431 to 464

CHAPTER XXII.
NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS OF THE HORSE 465 to 473

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Frontispiece--Alice M. Hayes.

FIG. PAGE
1. Man riding a horse over a fence in a side-saddle 3
2. Miss Burnaby's Butterfly 9
3. Miss Neil's Jackeroo 11
4. Mr. Vansittart's Romance 13
5. Irish mare, Salary 15
6. Polo pony, Pat 17
7. Arab pony, Freddie 19
8. Side view of saddle tree 26
9. Underneath view of saddle tree 27
10. Front view of saddle tree 29
11. Underneath view of saddle tree and its webs 31
12. Grip with improved leaping head 35
13. " ordinary " 37
14.