CAPTAIN NOLAN'S INTEODUCTION. 



This new system of equitation was invented by 

 Monsieur Baucher ; and for any thing that is good in 

 this book, the credit is due to him. 



I had, at first, intended translating his work from 

 the French ; but experience showed me that certain 

 modifications were necessary to adapt it to the use of 

 our cavalry. I therefore determined on publishing 

 the lessons as I myself had carried them out, with 

 many horses of different breeds and countries, add- 

 ing what my experience suggested ; and as I found 

 that those lessons succeeded with all, without excep- 

 tion, I can safely assert, that any horseman of com- 

 mon capacity, following them out in the same way, 

 will break in his horse perfectly in about two months' 

 time. 



The system rests on a few simple principles, show- 

 ing how to attack each point in succession, and thus 

 enabling the rider at last to reduce his horse to perfect 

 obedience. The horseman, in the success he daily 

 obtains, finds a constant incitement to continue his 

 exertions ; the only thing to guard against is undue 

 ha^te, and the wish to obtain too much at once. 



By this plan the time of training is shortened so 



