62 SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CAVALRY HORSES. 



M. BAUCHEE'S AIES DE MANEGE. 



Translation from Monsieur Baucher^s " Metliode 

 d'Equitation," explaining the following jpeyform- 

 ances {called ^^Baucher^s Seize Nouveaux Airs de 

 Manege''^), as exhihited hy him on his horses^ " Pai'- 

 tisan^^ '-^ Capitaine^^ ''^ Neptune ^^ and ^^ Buridan,'^'^ 

 They are adapted only for the circus^ hut they are 

 hoth extraordinary and interesting, as they show to 

 what extent the system may he carried. 



"Les etudes premieres bien comprises conduisent a I'erudition. 

 Plus I'esprit a de consistance, plus il a de brillant et de justesse." 



{Passe-temps Equestres.) 



Those who systematically denied the efficacy of 

 iny " Methode," should have also denied its results. 

 But they were obliged to admit, together witli the 

 public, that my performance at the " Cirque Olym- 

 pique" was both new and extraordinary ; though one 

 and all attributed the result to different causes, main- 

 taining, of course, that the rider's horsemanship was 

 nothing compared to the sagacity disj^layed by the 

 horse. 



According to some, I was a new Carter, taming my 

 horses by depriving them of rest and nourishment ; 

 others would have it that I tied ropes to their legs, 

 suspended them in mid-air, and then made their limbs 



