
Length5h 48m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "The writer of this little volume deems it only fair to forewarn his readers that he is not, and never has been, an inhabitant of that variegated region in creation commonly called "the sporting world." He has never bred, raced, steeple-chased, nor betted sixpence on any colt, filly, horse, or mare. He has never seen, nor been seen by, the Jockey-Club. He has never been on the turf. He does not belong to "the ring." Nevertheless, sometimes in the performance of public duties,—sometimes from private inclination,—sometimes for the benefit of his health,—sometimes for recreation,—sometimes for rumination,—sometimes to risk his life,—and more than once to save it, he has, throughout a long and chequered career, had to do an amount of rough-riding, a little larger than has fallen to the lot of many men. His observations and reflections on horses and horsemen he now ventures to submit to that portion only of the community who, like himself, preferring a long tether to a short one, take exercise on four legs, instead of on two."
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature, General Fiction
Length5 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
16On Shoeing.
2The Horse.
17On Roughing Horses.
3Mr. Rarey's Mode of Subduing Horses.
18Saddles.
4Seat on a Horse.
19Bridles.
5Mode of riding at Timber.
20Intrinsic Value of a Horse.
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6Water Jumping.
21On Shying.
7Modes of Swimming a Horse.
22Singeing.
8Judicious Riding.
23Meet of the Pytchley Hounds at Arthingworth.
9Use and Abuse of Spurs.
24Effects Caused by the Sight of Hounds.
10How To Treat a Hunter in the Field.
25Cruelty of Hunting Considered.
11How To Bring a Hunter Home.
26The Lamb and the Fox.
12How To dress for Hunting.
27Thomas Assheton Smith,
13How to Eat and Drink for Hunting.
28On Military Horse-Power.
14Difference between Leicestershire and Surrey Hunting.
29How to Hobble and Anchor Horses.
15The Stable.
30On Chloroforming Horses.