72 SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CAVALRY HORSES. 



this work arebrouglit iiitoplaj. But I repeat, tliough 

 I have added much that is new and interesting to the 

 art of equitation," I do not pretend to have attained to 

 its farthest limits ; and some one may follow me, who, 

 by studying my system and carrying it out Avitli in- 

 telligence, may surpass me in my career and add to 

 the results which I have obtained. 



oinT the perfoemakce of horses at 



LIBERTY. 



The first time horses were seen to kneel, lie down, 

 sit at table, c^c, &c., &c., it created great astonish- 

 ment ; and even now it causes some degree of sur- 

 prise ; and yet there are few persons who could not 

 bring horses to do these things by the following 

 means. 



I shall leave out those antics requiring no clever- 

 ness in the trainer, no study for the horse, which as- 

 tonish and amuse the public only because they are ig- 

 norant of tiie means employed. My object is iT^ot to 

 treat of what the mountebank does, but merely to 

 detail that work which requires the man to have pa- 

 tience and " tact," and which shows decided intelli- 

 gence in tlie horse. 



The great point in teaching a horse, is to know, 

 when he refuses to obey, whether he does so from 



