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of the education of the horse ; but this edu 

 cation is too intimately bound upjn that of 

 the rider, for him to make much progress in 

 the one without a knowledge of the other. 

 In explaining the processes which should 

 produce perfection in the animal, I shall ne 

 cessarily teach the horseman to apply them 

 himself; he will only have to practice to 

 morrow what I teach him to-day. Neverthe 

 less, there is one thing that no precept can 

 give ; that is, a fineness of touch, a delicacy 

 of equestrian feeling that belongs only to cer 

 tain privileged organizations, and without 

 which, we seek in vain to pass certain limits. 

 Having said this, we will return to our sub 

 ject. 



We now know which are the parts of 

 the horse that contract the most in resist 

 ances, and we feel the necessity of suppling 

 them. Shall we then seek to attack, exer 

 cise, and conquer them all at once? No; 



