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The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. — Alice M. Hayes

The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.

Alice M. Hayes

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 259 pages

The Horsewoman is a practical manual and historical guide to side-saddle riding, published in 1903 in a revised second edition with photographs. Written by Alice M. Hayes and edited by M. Horace Hayes, it draws on the author's riding and teaching experience. It offers a window into the technique, equipment, and hunting culture of women riders of the period.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE HORSEWOMAN A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. THE HORSEWOMAN.
  6. CHAPTER I. BEGINNING TO RIDE.
  7. CHAPTER II. HORSES FOR LADIES.
  8. CHAPTER III. SIDE-SADDLES.
  9. CHAPTER IV. BRIDLES.
  10. CHAPTER V. RIDING DRESS.
  11. CHAPTER VI. MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING.
  12. CHAPTER VII. HOW TO HOLD THE REINS.
  13. CHAPTER VIII. THE SEAT.
  14. CHAPTER IX. HANDS, VOICE, WHIP AND SPUR.
  15. CHAPTER X. FIRST LESSONS IN RIDING.
  16. CHAPTER XI. RIDING ACROSS COUNTRY.
  17. CHAPTER XII. HACKING.
  18. CHAPTER XIII. RIDING WITHOUT REINS.
  19. CHAPTER XIV. NERVE.
  20. CHAPTER XV. FENCES, COUNTRY AND GATES.
  21. CHAPTER XVI. HUNTING.
  22. CHAPTER XVII. RIDING AND HUNTING ABROAD.
  23. CHAPTER XVIII. WALKING FOXHOUND PUPPIES.
  24. CHAPTER XIX. KINDNESS TO HORSES.
  25. CHAPTER XX. CROSS-SADDLE RIDING FOR LADIES.
  26. CHAPTER XXI. RIDING DIFFICULT HORSES.
  27. CHAPTER XXII. NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS OF THE HORSE.
  28. INDEX.
  29. BOOKS ON HORSES.
  30. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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