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 Question I (p. ):
 * History of equitation.
 * Antiquity.
 * Middle ages.
 * Italian schools.
 * French schools of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.
 * Military schools.
 * Period from. 1789 to 1815.
 * Restoration.
 * Contemporary equitation.
 * Baucher.
 * d'Aure.
 * Name the most noted riding masters in these different schools.

Question II (p. ):
 * Definition and object of horse training.
 * Circumstances affecting duration of training. Condition of the horse, age, breeding; experience and skill of the horseman. Object to be attained.
 * Three periods of training.

Question III (p. ):
 * Preliminary work. Exercise by leading.
 * Care of young horses. Special recommendations.
 * Work on the longe; method of giving longe lessons to young horses; its object.

Question IV (p. ):
 * Precautions in saddling horses.
 * Mounting lesson. How should it be given and when? Instructions for men holding the horses.
 * Precautions with restless horses.

Question V (p. ):
 * How should the squad be arranged in the first lesson? In what case should a leader be used?
 * Necessity for the trot at the beginning of a lesson and the advantages of this gait in early training.
 * Resistance of young horses. Means of overcoming.