Horses and riding . e . , 65 7. Plain snaffle bit 75 8. Single curb bit and chain 76 9-10. Badly shaped and properly shaped curb bits ... 77 11. Martingale stop 82 12. Drawing of two hunting saddles, one as used and the other as recommended by the Author 87 13. Two patterns of mens stirrups 93 1-i. Latchfords patent ladys stirrup 94 XIV ILLUSTRATIONS. 15. Breast-plate 16. Martinofale 17. Section of bell trap to prevent smell arising from drainstable in the 18. Body brush, water brush, and dandy brush . 19. Well-formed hock, with curb .... 20. Curby hock, without curb 21. Curby hock, with curb
Horses and riding . e . , 65 7. Plain snaffle bit 75 8. Single curb bit and chain 76 9-10. Badly shaped and properly shaped curb bits ... 77 11. Martingale stop 82 12. Drawing of two hunting saddles, one as used and the other as recommended by the Author 87 13. Two patterns of mens stirrups 93 1-i. Latchfords patent ladys stirrup 94 XIV ILLUSTRATIONS. 15. Breast-plate 16. Martinofale 17. Section of bell trap to prevent smell arising from drainstable in the 18. Body brush, water brush, and dandy brush . 19. Well-formed hock, with curb .... 20. Curby hock, without curb 21. Curby hock, with curb 22. Well-formed hock free from curb .... 23. Diagram showing the proper position of a horses leg 2i, Horses hind-legs showing two sorts of bone spavin 25. Fore-leg showing splint 26. Shoe, with spike, proposed to be used for racing . 27. Fore-leg broken down 28. Two feet showing large and small sand crack 29. Leather halter, designed by the Author for foals . Page 9696 hind- 148154160160160161 162164168171 171177196. HOESES AND EIDING-. INTBOBTJGTION. Macaulat, somewhere in his History of England,in describing the social position allotted to officersof the army of that day, writes as follows :— Therewere gentlemen in those days, and there wereofficers in those days, but the gentlemen were notofficers and the officers were not gentlemen. Ithink something of the same sort, in reference tobooks about horses and riding, may with a certainamount of truth be said at the present time, viz. thatthere are good horsemen and there are good authors,but as a rule the horsemen are not authors, and theauthors are not horsemen. Anyone who does not know anything aboutriding, and who wishes to get to know somethingabout it, or who knows a little about it and wishes tolearn more, will find it difficult to obtain a book B 2 HORSES AND RIDING. that will impart to him any practical information onthe subject, which is of use to him; while, if heabandons the idea of learning from books and tries tog
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