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IX. 



APPLICATION OF THE PRECEDING PRINCIPLES 

 TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HORSES, PAR 

 TISAN, CAPITAINE, NEPTUNE, AND BURIDAN. 



THE persons who systematically denied 

 the efficacy of my method, should also ne 

 cessarily deny the results shown to them. 

 They were forced to acknowledge that my 

 performance at the Cirque- Olympique was 

 new and extraordinary ; but they attributed 

 it to curious causes some more strange than 

 others ; all the while insisting that the eques 

 trian talent of the rider did not go for 

 nothing in the expertness of the horse. 

 According to some, I was a second Carter, 

 accustoming my horses to obedience by de 

 priving them of sleep and f jod ; according to 

 others, I bound their legs with cords, and 



