EARLY HISTORY Of HORSEMANSHIP 231 



should certainly know all the effects of the hand and of the 

 heels, how to produce the different forms of collection of the 

 forces of the horse, and the best modes of attacking the animal's 

 resistances ; such knowledge will not injuriously affect that 

 natural aptitude for horsemanship that nearly every one believes 

 is his inherent gift. 



