HORSEMANSHIP. 



The Caiiter. — The aids to be used in this pace are fully 

 discussed in the paragraphs on that subject. 



Right or Left Turn. — Preparatory to turning a few bend- 

 ing lessons will be found useful. Their object is to 

 teach the horse that when he feels the right rein he must 

 turn his head to the right, that pressure on the left rein 

 implies that it must be turned to the left, and that when 

 both reins are felt he must arch his neck or "rein in." 

 During these lessons he is not permitted to move off his 

 ground. When the bend is complete he should be taught 

 to hold his head in that position without restraint, and must 

 not be permitted to throw his head back hurriedly into its 

 original position, it must be brought back quietly by the 

 rider's hand. In turning to the right or the left, the horse 

 is kept up to his bit by the pressure of both legs, the pres- 

 sure of the one on the side to which the turn is to be made 

 being the stronger. 



Fress2t7'e of the Leg. — This necessary aid is best acquired 

 by circling the horse on his forehand and haunches, wdthout 

 which it is difficult for the rider to be perfect in its applica- 

 tion, or the horse thoroughly obedient to its pressure. By 

 circling the horse on the forehand he learns on the applica- 

 tion of the \Qg to move his haunches to either hand, and 

 by making him circle on his hind legs we prevent him from 

 moving them to the right or left. Without a series of 

 diagrams it would be almost impossible to describe and 

 teach these instructive lessons of the Baucher niethode, 

 which entirely upset the system of the old school. If a 

 copy of the "Training of Cavalry Remount Horses," by 

 the late Captain L. E. Nolan, of the T5th Hussars, who fell 

 at Balaclava, be obtainable, I would counsel the reader to 

 procure and carefully study it. To that gallant officer, 

 more than to any other, do we owe the present excellent 

 horsemanship of the Britisli cavalry. 



