Bibliothèque mondiale du cheval

« The Author of the following pages begs the Reader, who may take the trouble to peruse them, to understand that he is not a writer but a rider, and he trusts that the critic who may think the work of sufficient interest to demand even a passing notice, will bear in mind that "none but horsemen can give a clear and satisfactory account of horsemanship," and therefore be indulgent to the language in which the Author has clothed the theory of the art, if the theory itself shall appear free from objection.
The Reader, gallant or gentle, whichever he or she may be, must not expect novelty, though the Work if not novel, is at least an improved method, without being opposed to all former ones, of teaching a science which every one who ventures on horseback professes to understand whilst, in fact, very few indeed are masters of the subject.
The Author begs to intimate his readiness to explain more fully his method to any lady or gentleman desirous of instruction, according to his principles of teaching, on application to him at the Riding House, Mr. Kice’s, Motcombe Street, Belgrave Square, and at Mr. Hetherington’s, 18, Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park. Mr. Dunbar takes a limited number of Pupils. Pupils to find their own Horses. A Treatise on the Art of Driving , by the same Author, will shortly be ready for publication. » Présentation de l’éditeur (1859)