baucher's airs de manege. 67 



My system is based on principles wliich reproduce 

 tlieniselves at eacli simple movement. How mucli 

 more then are tliey brouglit into play in tliese com- 

 plicated ones. 



If tlie " equilibrium" is only to be obtained through 

 lightness in hand, in return, no lightness of hand can 

 exist without " equilibrium ;" but when these quali- 

 ities are united, then tlie horse acquires the facility 

 of extending his trot to the very furthest limits, and 

 thus greatly improves his style of going. 



yn. ^^Serpentine Trot^'^ the horse turning to the 

 right and to the left^ returning nearly to the starting 

 pointy after taliing fiv>e or six steps in each direction. 



Practise the horse at bendino; his head and neck to 

 both hands whilst at a walk, always closing the leg 

 opposite to the side you bend him to, and keeping 

 him well in hand ; then practise him at it in the same 

 way at a trot, and you will have no difficulty in exe- 

 cuting the serpentine, but unless the above conditions 

 are adhered to, the performance is impossible. 



YIII. To halt the horse on the spot when at a gal- 

 lop^ }jy the use of the spur. 



The horse having been reduced to perfect obedience, 

 and got well in hand by the use of the spur, he is 

 prepared to be stoj)ped when at a gallop by the above 

 means. 



Practise it from a slow gallop at first, and increase 

 "by degrees to the greatest speed ; tl^e legs preceding 

 the hand will bring the haunches under the horse, 



