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method has the advantage of being a. great 

 auxiliary in developing the muscles, particu- 

 larly in a young subject." 



Extract from the report to Lieutenant- 

 General Oudinot, by M. Carreletj Colonel of 

 the Municipal Guard of Paris : — 



'^ To shorten this narration, I would say 

 that the officers of the Municipal Guard are 

 unanimous in their approval of M. Baucher's 

 proceedings, applied to the breaking of young 

 horses. 



'^ We have assisted at the education of 

 forty troop horses, all more or less difficult 

 to manage ; and we are convinced that^ by 

 Baucher's system, they have been more ad- 

 vanced in fifteen days than they would have 

 been in six months by the proceedings we 

 have been accustomed to follow. 



"I am so convinced of the efficiency of 

 the means practised by M. Baucher, that I 



