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interest, and before retiring expressed his 

 complete satisfaction, and announced his in 

 tention of having a general application of it 

 made in the army.&quot; 



Among the official documents in favor of 

 Baucher s method is a letter from M. Champ- 

 montant, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Staff, 

 Secretary of the Committee of Cavalry, in 

 which he requests M. Baucher to fix a con 

 venient time to appear before the committee 

 and explain his system more completely, 

 that they may consider upon its adoption in 

 the army; another from Lieutenant-General 

 Marquis Oudinot to M. Baucher. In this 

 letter, the general informs M. Baucher that 

 the Minister of War has decided that a se 

 ries of experiments shall be made upon his 

 method of breaking new horses, and such as 

 were considered difficult to manage. 



Then follows the report upon the trials of 

 Baucher s method, and a recapitulation of 

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