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method has the advantage of being a great 

 auxiliary in developing the muscles, particu 

 larly in a young subject.&quot; 



Extract from the report to Lieutenant- 

 General Oudinot, by M. Carrelet, Colonel of 

 the Municipal Guard of Paris : 



&quot; To shorten this narration, I would say 

 that the officers of the Municipal Guard are 

 unanimous in their approval of M. Baucher s 

 proceedings, applied to the breaking of young 

 horses. 



&quot; We have assisted at the education of 

 forty troop horses, all more or less difficult 

 to manage ; and we are convinced that, by 

 Baucher s system, they have been more ad 

 vanced in fifteen days than they would have 

 been in six months by the proceedings we 

 have been accustomed to follow. 



&quot;I am so convinced of the efficiency of 

 the means practised by M. Baucher, that I 



