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INTRODUCTION xi
INDEX 339
INTRODUCTION.
The work to which these few lines are meant to form a preface does not aspire to the dignity of containing anything resembling an exhaustive treatise on each, or any of the numerous minor subjects connected with the principal one of Equitation. It is simply a collection of useful and practical hints on matters that pertain to the horse and his management--no study of things abstruse being brought into requisition, or any complicated theories put forward for guidance. The instructions given are of the plainest and easiest description, and are the result of an experience which has in some instances been rather dearly bought; the experiments described have been duly tested, the recipes tried, the systems explored, and the rules set forth rigidly investigated before being recommended.
N. P. O'D.
A HORSE'S PETITION TO HIS OWNER.
Going up hill, Whip me not. Going down hill, Hurry me not. On level road, Spare me not. Of hay and corn, Rob me not. Of pure water, Stint me not. Of fresh air, Deprive me not. To damp bed, Subject me not. With brush and sponge, Neglect me not. Home from grass, Physic me not. Tired or hot, Wash me not. Sick or cold, Chill me not. With bit and reins, Jerk me not. When you are vexed, Strike me not. When old and grey, Despise me not. When past my labour, Work me not. When sick and dying, Leave me not. And, when dead--
FORGET ME NOT.
RIDING FOR LADIES.
OUGHT CHILDREN TO RIDE?
The "Common Sense of Riding," which formed the title under which these writings were first furnished to the public in the columns of a London journal, supplied a fitting heading for the articles at the time, very little concerning stable or general horse management being appended to the instructions offered to equestrians. The expediency of adding to the work formed a necessity for altering the title; but the original one, if used here, would set forth precisely the manner in which I am about to deal with the subject that I have taken in hand.
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