190 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



with a commencement of mobility in the 

 extremities, being careful to stop each time 

 that the horse raises or puts down his feet, 

 without advancing them too much, in order 

 to -caress him, and speak to him, and thus 

 calm the invigoration that a demand, the 

 object of which he does not understand, 

 must cause in him. Nevertheless, these 

 caresses should be employed with discern 

 ment, and only when the horse has done 

 well ; for, if badly applied, they would be 

 rather injurious than useful. The fit time 

 for ceasing with the hands and legs is 

 more important still ; it demands all the 

 rider s attention. 



The mobility of the legs once obtained, 

 we can commence to regulate it, and fix the 

 intervals of the cadence. Here again, I seek 

 in vain to indicate with the pen the degree 

 of delicacy necessary in the rider s proceed 

 ings, since his motions ought to be answered 



