Excerpt from How to RideWe have tried in this volume to place simply and clearly before the reader, not only a fund of information, and the art of riding as taught by the best professors the world has seen, but also a thorough knowledge of the proper equipment required. It will show the necessity of having the saddle to suit the rider, and not compelling one to ride only as the saddle permits. In the selection of an outfit, the knowledge here gained will enable the rider to be the judge of what will best suit his or her require ments.The artist, after years of toil, is compensated by the attention his work receives from the public, and we ask the reader to pay us the compliment of examining the second part of our labor, the collection of riding equip ments in our warerooms, for we have labored as hard to bring this to perfection as we have in editing this work.Our knowledge of the mechanical laws that govern the relation between horse and rider has been put into practice, and our riding saddles are the result of years of careful thought, of attention to all improvements tending towards safety and comfort, of travel abroad and consultation with the finest makers and the ablest equestrians the world affords.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.