208 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



elegance, when it is changed into accule- 

 ment. 



5. /Simultaneous mobility of the two di 

 agonal leys, the liorse stationary. After hav 

 ing raised the two opposite legs, he carries 

 them to the rear and brings tliem back again 

 to the place they first occupied, and then recom 

 mences the same movement with the other 

 diagonal. 



The suppling, and having got the horse 

 in hand, make this movement easy. When 

 he no longer presents any resistance, he 

 appreciates the lightest effects of the rider; 

 which are intended, in this case, to displace 

 only the least possible quantity of forces and 

 weight necessary to set in motion the oppo 

 site extremities. By repeating this exer 

 cise, it will in a little while be rendered 

 familiar to the horse. The finish of the me 

 chanism will soon give the finish of intel 

 ligence. 



