228 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



Q. In order to obtain the ramener, should 

 we make the legs precede the hand, or the 

 hand the legs ? 



A. The hands ought to precede, until 

 they have produced the effect of giving 

 great suppleness to the neck (this ought to 

 be practised in the stationary exercises) ; 

 then come the legs, in their turn, to combine 

 the hind and fore parts in the movement. 

 The continual lightness of the horse at all 

 paces will be the result of it. 



Q. Ought the legs and the hands to aid 

 one another, or act separately ? 



A. One of these extremities ought always 

 to have the other for auxiliary. 



Q. Ought we to leave the horse a long 

 time at the same pace in order to develop 

 his powers ? 



A. It is useless, since regularity of 

 movement results from regularity of position. 

 The horse that makes fifty steps at a trot, 



