26 translator's preface. 



force. The Baucher system ought to be 

 considered eminently preservative, since the 

 breaking, being well graduated and well 

 combined, cannot have an injurious influence 

 upon the horse's pJiysique; and his forces 

 being at the disposition of the rider, it is he, 

 the absolute dispenser of these forces, who 

 is responsible for their duration or prema- 

 ture destruction. * -^ * I repeat it, that 

 the new method would be a great benefit, 

 an indisputable improvement for cavalry. 

 •^ * * I pray then for its adoption, and 

 ardently de&ire its prompt introduction into 

 the cavalry. (Signed) De Novital." 



Extract from the Spectateur Milltaire: — 

 " Passionately fond of a science that, from 

 his childhood, has been the object of studies 

 as productive as they were persevering, M. 

 Baucher, after having obtained from the 

 horse a submission almost magical, is not 



