# Hand-book for horsewomen

Author: Bussigny, Henri Lucien de, 1840-1922

Genre: Category: How To ...

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39605

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hand-book+for+horsewomen+Bussigny&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It has been held by some professors of the art of horsemanship that it is impossible for a lady to ride with as much ease and as much control of her horse as a man, on account of the disadvantages of her high saddle and the absence of the right leg as a controlling agent; but the result of my experience has shown me that this is a mistaken opinion. Under the systems according to which riding was formerly taught, however, the judgment was a just one, because the object to be attained was the maintenance of the horse in what may be called a state of momentary equilibrium, or equilibrium of the second degree, by means of a double bit, curb and snaffle, aided by repeated slight pressure of th...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hand-book-for-horsewomen-39605/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hand-book-for-horsewomen-39605/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hand-book-for-horsewomen-39605/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hand-book-for-horsewomen-39605/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hand-book-for-horsewomen-39605/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hand-book-for-horsewomen-39605/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hand-book-for-horsewomen-39605/chapters/2/index.md)