Every Boy's Book

Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

The Horse

3 pages in this part of Every Boy's Book.

The Horse (There is not a more graceful)

There is not a more graceful or more interesting series of exercises than those performed on the Wooden Horse. They are very useful also…

The Horse: Hands

Miscellaneous Exercises.--Hands on pommels, spring up and put the right leg through the arms, letting the left hang straight. Withdraw the…

The Horse (One of the most beautiful)

The horse is one of the most beautiful and graceful animals in nature, and perhaps the most useful to man, though in this respect it would…

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