140 HOW THE HORSE LEAENS 



Way of teaching. 



The lounge is the best material way of instruc- 

 ting the horse for the purpose of rendering him 

 supple and preparing him (as far as his conforma- 

 tion allows it) to keep collected in the hand when 

 the time will come to ride him. It is explained in 

 the Arte di Oayalcare (Devoti - /Said, Lago di 

 Garcia - 1894). 



In the eighteenth century tlie Earl of Pem- 

 broke recognized the advantage of instructing hor- 

 ses with the lounge which was invented at ISTaples 

 by a Prinqe Pignatelli in the sixteenth century 

 when many ISI^eapolitan noblemen taught riding. 

 Monsieur De la Broue et Monsieur de Pluvinel 

 were among Prince Pignatelli' s pupils. 



To teach him to do particular actions and to 

 accustom him to be touched, to be caressed, to be 

 gi'oomed, to give up his feet, not to be afraid of 

 Yt earing harness and not to fear many objects, the 

 horse must be made to stand still, isolated, held 

 by two men with two lounges attached to the two 



