The Right Way To Ride a Horse

W.H. Walter.

Paperback, second hand & full of illustrations.

As a form of exercise and recreation, horse-riding stands second to none, and at the same time it can be considered excellent as a character-builder and its value in this direction particularly as regards children - is not always fully appreciated.

It hardly needs recommendation as an exercise, bringing into play as it does practically all the muscles of the trunk and limbs, and having a most beneficial suppling effect. Carried out in the open air in pleasant surroundings, calling for co-ordination of muscles and mind, it offers a most healthful and enjoyable rec-reation. It has long been recognized by the Army and, indeed, by the other Services, as ideal training to pro-duce the best type of leadership and the ability to make quick decisions.

It is an excellent means of developing character. A rider must have sympathy with his horse in all senses of the term, gentleness and firmness, consideration and tact and, above all, self-control and patience: and who can doubt the confidence which horsemanship brings to nervous people?

Without these qualities it is impossible to become a horseman and yet, fortunately, in aspiring to horse-manship these same qualities are acquired.

A horseman in the true sense of the word develops the ability to anticipate the movements and actions of his horse-in fact, to read the mind of the horse as surely as the horse reads that of his rider. Horse-riding is, indeed, an education in itself.