active 1866-1874 Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson is an obscure 19th-century author whose surviving bibliographic record is very slim. Project Gutenberg lists him simply as "active 1866-1874" and credits him with The Barb and the Bridle: A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises.

That book is a practical manual of equitation written for women, covering preparation, riding technique, and horsemanship in a clear instructional style. Because so little reliable biographical information appears to survive in the sources available here, it is safest to remember Henderson chiefly through this work and the glimpse it gives into Victorian riding culture.

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