APPENDIX 



BAUCHER 



In his younger days Baucher had great leg and arm 

 power, and as he used a good deal of force, he found that 

 his legs had to counteract the excessive action of the 

 hands, and vice versa. Later in life he met with an 

 accident, which deprived him of the use of his legs to 

 some extent, and being dependent on his hands for the 

 control of his horse, he set himself to discover how he 

 might secure obedience to the hand by actions of the 

 hand which did not bruise the horse's mouth ; he hit 

 upon what he called vibrations and demi-arrets. He 

 then trained his horses entirely with the hand, using his 

 spurs merely to stimulate the horse's energy, and to 

 send impulses forward for the hand to work on ; and 

 whilst using his legs he ceased the active work of the 

 hand, as he found that if he used both legs and hands 

 at the same time the horse stopped instead of going 

 forward with greater energy. Out of this came his 

 teaching of " Mains sans jambes et jambes sans mains," 

 and his attainment of a much higher form of collection 

 from his horse, which instead of, as before, being 

 collected between the bit and the rider's legs, was 

 collected between the bit and his own hind legs, as is the 

 case when a lady rides, or when a horse is animated to 

 his utmost in harness. The rider's thighs, knees and 

 legs begin by exciting the horse to go forward keenly 



