INTRODUCTION. 7 



In the old school much was written about equi- 

 librium; the horse's hind-legs were drawn imder 

 him and rooted to the ground, whilst his fore legs 

 were always scrambling in the air; 



Head. 

 Equilibrium of ^^^„,,^^^^ the Old School. 



TaiT 



and those horses that were perfect had acquired a 

 way of going up and down, much resembling the 

 motion of a hobby horse : too much weight was 

 thrown on the haunches, and a horse could neither 

 raise his hind-leg to step back when required, nor 

 could he dash forward with any speed whilst made 

 to throw his weight backward. 



The horse, again, whose weight was thrown for- 

 ward was still worse and more dangerous, for the 

 weight of the rider often brought him to the ground, 

 and at all times the bearing on the hand was so great 

 as to require the strength of both arms to resist it — • 

 thus, the horseman, having no power over his horse, 

 became in a great measure useless as a soldier. 



baucher's equilibrium. 



Tail. ==??=^== Head. 



The true equilibrium, which is neither on the 



