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interest, and before retiring expressed his 

 complete satisfaction, and announced his in- 

 tention of having a general application of it 

 made in the army." 



Among the official documents in favor of 

 Baucher's method is a letter from M. Champ- 

 montant, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Staff, 

 Secretary of the Committee of Cavalry, in 

 which he requests M. Baucher to ^x a con- 

 venient time to appear before the committee 

 and explain his system more completely, 

 that they may consider upon its adoption in 

 the army; another from Lieuten ant-General 

 Marquis Oudinot to M. Baucher. In this 

 letter, the general informs M. Baucher that 

 the Minister of War has decided that a se- 

 ries of experiments shall be made upon his 

 method of breaking new horses, and such as 

 were considered difficult to manage. 



Then follows the report upon the trials of 

 Baucher's method, and a recapitulation of 



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