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training, the fundamental principle is to make a 

 horse calm, impulsive, straight, and handy. 



The method unites to the principles the way of 

 carrjdng them out, and regulates the order of their 

 employment. It varies according to the particular 

 ends which one has in view and according to circum- 

 stances, time, and surroundings. 



The method of training here explained aims at — : 



1. The development and direction of the physical 

 forces and moral qualities of the horse. 



2. The obedience to the aids obtained by a rational 

 and progressive education carried out without recourse 

 to force. 



3. The search for balance. 



The means employed depend upon the tempera- 

 ment of the instructor, the ability of the rider, and on 

 circumstances. An order of procedure, which lays 

 down neither precepts nor methods, has no interest 

 beyond its assistance to the memory, and the series 

 of movements enumerated is merely the naming of 

 the figures to be traced by the horse. 



Now, in training, the figures have only value 

 according to the way they are carried out. It is the 

 position given to the horse's body by the aids of the 

 rider which is of any value. One rider can trace with 

 his horse, in the best established order, all the figures 

 laid down in the regulations, without obtaining the 

 least result. Another, whilst working in the same 

 figures, but with a clear end in view, for which he 

 employs the aids, will train his horse very quicklj^ 



The principal factors in training. The instructor. — 

 The value of the instructor and that of the rider 

 plays a very important part in training. The instructor 

 should possess a thorough knowledge of the horse, of 



