CHAPTER II 



SECONDARY EQUITATION 

 HORSE CONTROL 



The principles and the system of control indispensable 

 to the ordinary soldier are explained in the drill book, 

 and constitute elementary horsemanship. The follow- 

 ing concerns more especially officers, and constitutes 

 secondary equitation. 



The art of horsemanship teaches how to use the 

 means at the rider's disposal for managing his horse 

 at all paces, and on all kinds of ground. 



To control a horse is — 



(1) To put him in movement. 



(2) To regulate this movement. 



(3) To direct this movement. 



Though simple in theory the management of the 

 horse is none the less complex and difficult in practice. 

 It demands a knowledge of all the resources that art 

 and science can place at our disposal. 



It is necessary, in the next place, to be able to 

 dispose of these means as one wishes ; in fact, oneness 

 with the horse demands from the rider the accurate 

 employment of his means of action. 



To sum up, it is necessary — 



(1) To understand the means of action. (Study 

 of the aids.) 



