112 ANGLO-FRENCH HORSEMANSHIP 



III 



Extract from ^ " Le Dressage Methodique du Cheval de 

 Selle,^^ by one of Bauchefs pupils — General Faverot 

 Kerbreck. 



THE use of spurs 



The way to fix the horse in perfect obedience to the aids. 



When the training of the horse and rider is finished, it 

 only remains to make the horse properly sensitive to 

 the aids, so that the rider need not displace to any 

 apparent extent the hand or legs in order to com- 

 municate his wish. 



The hand 'should now avoid every action that 

 resembles punishment, such as the demi-arret or even 

 the vibration. It should only act by gentle and fixed 

 indications. It should no longer have recourse to 

 severe measures, except to overcome too prolonged 

 resistance, if, after all, such should be offered. 



The legs should be placed in contact with the hair 

 of the horse's sides in their natural position, and to 

 increase obedience to the pressure of the calves, to 

 rouse the horse's sensibility, we should act as follows : — 



Light touches of the spurs.- — The horse being 

 thoroughly well acquainted with the uses of the spur, 

 and enduring its touch without movement of his tail, 

 when it is necessary to use the legs, we should turn 

 out the toes and dehcatcly and gently press in one or 

 both calves ; if the contact does not secure immediate 

 obedience, the rider should touch the horse with one 

 or both spurs, according to the necessity of the case. 



