PREFACE, 



This " System for Training Cavalry Horses " 

 is based upon tlie principles of equitation dis- 

 covered by Monsieur Baucher, of France, arid 

 originally arranged by Captain S. E. ^Nolan, 

 15tli Hussars, Englisli Army. 



Captain Nolan's work is now out of print, 

 and to preserve to tlie Cavalry Service so valu- 

 able a "System," this book has been prepared 

 for publication. It is essentially the same as 

 the original, with the addition of a chapter on 

 " Rarey's Method of Taming Horses," and one 

 on the subject of " Horse-Shoeing," 



For thQ plates illustrating the foUoiving pages, 

 the author is indebted to the skill and kindness 

 of CaptainW. H. Bell, 3d Infantry. 



West Point, October l5^, 1861. 



