| CONTENTS |
| PART I |
| THE USUAL OR INSTINCTIVE EQUITATION |
| I. |
Introduction |
3 |
| II. |
Mount, Dismount, and Vault |
7 |
| III. |
The Seat |
15 |
| IV. |
The Woman Rider |
30 |
| V. |
The Aids |
37 |
| VI. |
The Gaits |
40 |
| VII. |
Jumping |
47 |
| PART II |
| THE REASONED EQUITATION : THE TRAINING OF THE SADDLE-HORSE BY THE AID OF PRINCIPLES BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF MASTERS OF THE ART OF RIDING |
| VIII. |
The Reasoned Equitation |
55 |
| IX. |
Breaking in |
58 |
| X. |
Rewards and Punishments |
67 |
| XL |
The First Work on Foot |
70 |
| XII. |
The Flexions |
74 |
| XIII. |
Backing and the Pirouettes |
86 |
| XIV. |
The Handling of the Reins |
94 |
| XV. |
The First Work Mounted: The Hands and the Aids |
106 |
| XVI. |
The Legs and their Effects |
111 |
| XVII. |
The Spurs and their Effects |
119 |
| XVIII. |
Mobilizations Mounted |
140 |
| XIX. |
The Flexions Mounted |
149 |
| XX. |
Placing the Horse and the Variants from the "In Hand" |
160 |
| XXI. |
The Assemblage |
180 |
| PART III |
| The Scientific Equitation |
| XXII. |
The Diagonal Effect |
189 |
| XXIII. |
The Figures of Manege |
201 |
| XXIV. |
My Own System |
235 |
| XXV. |
The Jambettes |
245 |
| XXVI. |
The Spanish Walk |
252 |
| XXVII. |
The Spanish and the Flying Trot |
261 |
| XXVIII. |
The Piaffer |
269 |
| XXIX. |
The Passage |
284 |
| XXX. |
The Passage Backward |
296 |
| XXXI. |
HANDS WITHOUT LEGS: LEGS WITHOUT HANDS |
308 |
| PART IV |
| THE DEFENSES OF THE HORSE AND THEIR CORRECTION |
| XXXII. |
The Defenses of the Horse and their Correction |
313 |
| APPENDIX |
| Report of a Commission of Three Officers of the United States Army on the de Bussigny System |
363 |