56 CAVALRY HORSEMANSHIP 



The instructor should study and weigh all these 

 considerations, and he will draw upon his experience 

 for means which will help him to attain his end, i.e. 

 to bring all the young horses to seven years old, 

 healthy, free from blemish, and capable of fulfilling 

 on all kinds of ground the duties which a soldier has 

 to perform on active service. 



The instructor ought always to keep the following 

 rules in mind : — 



Never commence work without having clearly 

 fixed in his own mind the end to be attained. Proceed 

 in the education of the horse from the known to the 

 unknown, from the simple to the complex. 



Employ exactly the same aid effects of placing 

 and stimulating to obtain the same result. 



Remember that in the execution of all movements 

 position should precede action. 



Never demand anything of a horse which still 

 vibrates under the impression of a previous demand. 



Never fight two resistances at the same time. 



Never confound the want of aptitude in the rider 

 with the ignorance or bad disposition of the horse. 



Demand a new movement at the end of work ; pat 

 the horse and get off him. 



In addition to these rules it is right to remember 

 that all through the course of the education of the 

 young horse " one should be content with a little 

 progress ever}^ day, to demand it, but nothing more." 

 " The rider should have clear in his mind the point at 

 which the horse has arrived on the previous day, and 

 not aim at the immediate and perfect execution of the 

 movement " (General I'Hotte). 



