232 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



to give the impulsion which gives the hand 

 an opportunity to contain (renfermer) the 

 horse. 



Q. Is it the attacks themselves that chas 

 tise the horse ? 



A. No. The chastisement is in the con 

 tained position which the attaques and the 

 hand compel the horse to assume. As the 

 animal then finds himself in a position where 

 it is impossible to make use of any of his 

 forces, the chastisement has all its efficiency. 



Q. In what consists the difference be 

 tween the attaqucs, practiced after the old 

 principles, and those which the new method 

 prescribes ? 



A. Our predecessors (whom we should 

 venerate) practiced spurring in order to 

 throw the horse out of himself; the new 

 method makes use of it to contain him 

 within himself that is, to give him that 



