THE

HORSEMAN.

WORK ON HORSEMANSHIP;

CONTAINING

PLAIN PRACTICAL RULES FOR RIDING, AND
HINTS TO THE READER ON THE SELECTION
OF HORSES.

то WHICH IS ANNEXED

A SABRE EXERCISE

FOR MOUNTED AND DISMOUNTED SERVICE.

BY

H. R. HERSHBERGER,

Instructor of Riding at the U. S. Military Academy,

WITH CUTS, ILLUSTRATING THE VARIOUS KINDS OF
BITS, PACES OR GAITS OF THE HORSE, AND
PRACTICES FOR THE ACCOMPLISHED
HORSEMAN.

NEW YORK:

HENRY G. LANGLEY, 8 ASTOR HOUSE.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

105482

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1899

ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, by
HENRY G. LANGLEY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

R. CRAIGHEAD, Printer, 112 Fulton-st.

то

THE CORPS OF CADETS,

OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY,

THESE

HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP

ARE

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.