R.A. School of Equitation

R.A. School of Equitation, India [cover title]

Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1922. No stated edition. Hardcover. 99p, over 160 small line ills. showing gait sequences. No title page, apparently as issued. Good (covers silverfished long ago); internally very good. Item #16808

Manual on how to teach recruits "for the use of officers and N.-C.O.'s doing the R.A. School of Equitation course"; supplements the Royal Artillery manuals on Artillery Training and Cavalry Training. The chapters are by various authors. They include lesson plans and advice on teaching the basics of riding, bitting, jumping, the gaits, and balance; riding school exercises; show jumping and building jumps; handling evasions; training on long reins; loose rein riding. Very scarce: one copy in WorldCat (Tufts Veterinary School). Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate.

Price: $100.00