2 CAVALRY HORSEMANSHIP 



to be adopted in developing the aptitude of the rider. 

 On the moral side it concerns itself with giving con- 

 fidence, and on the physical side with the relaxing 

 of the muscles. It lays down the best means of 

 holding on, fixes the principles of the rider's position, 

 as also those connected with the control and employ- 

 ment of the horse. 



Training for these results demand the application 

 of certain principles combined with much practice. 

 Further, the teaching cannot be the same for every 

 degree of proficiency. 



Elementary Equitation is that which is given 

 to young soldiers and only comprises instruction 

 which is indispensable to a trooper. 



Secondary Equitation is more particularly reserved 

 for the instructors, who discover, by acquiring a 

 thorough knowledge of their subject themselves, 

 the advice to give to their N.C.O.'s and rough 

 riders, and so complete their instruction. The object 

 of this book is, to a great extent, to give them that 

 knowledge. 



The teaching of more advanced horsemanship is 

 especially reserved for the officers, who, besides being 

 proficient in all kinds of rough riding, must also 

 acquire the refinement of the art, which is the object 

 of the instruction given at the Cavalry School. 



These teachings only differ from one another in 

 their progressive extension, and in the more or less 

 elementary or scientific methods required, according 

 to the proficiency of the horseman ; but they are 

 founded on the same principles, tend to the same 

 end, and together constitute the system of training, 

 which is indispensable to the right employment and 

 improvement of the cavalry. 



