Bibliothèque mondiale du cheval

« After a connection of nearly nine years with the cavalry service, and a close observance of everything relating to horsemanship, the author of this work has endeavored to convey practical information on all equestrian exercises by an easy and progressive method.
To make the work more intelligible and interesting to all admirers of the horse and his performances, stable and jockey terms have been substituted for all hard names; and as it is almost exclusively devoted to the art of riding, any reference to the veterinary art and all anatomical descriptions, with their technicalities, have been studiously avoided.
These instructions are arranged on a concise and comprehensive plan, and all extraneous or superfluous matter is entirely excluded; so that the reader, as he advances, can see these principles clearly and perspicuously elucidated.
The points of the horse, indicating his action, strength, wind, etc. , as exhibited in his external structure, can be advantageously studied even by the superficial observer.
The practices in leaping, running at the heads and rings, and pistol firing, are particularly designed for the amusement and instruction of volunteer cavalry.
In order to preserve the methodical arrangement of the course of instruction, and facilitate the study, some remarks on the conformation of the horse, his defects and vices, with their remedies, etc. , are contained in separate chapters interspersed throughout the work. » Présentation de l’éditeur (1844)