translator's preface. 15 



" Since the first publication of my method, 

 indisputable facts have attested the truth of 

 the principles therein contained. Field- 

 Marshal the Minister of War has appointed 

 a commission, presided over by Lieutenant- 

 General the Marquis Oudinot, to examine 

 into its advantages.* 



'^ Fifty horses, some from the troop, and 

 others belonging to officers which had not 

 yet commenced their education, or which 

 were considered difficult to manage, or vi- 

 cious, were subjected to the experiment, 

 which commenced on the 21st March, 1842. 

 The demands of the service of the garrison 

 of Paris permitting only a small number of 



* ''The commission was composed of Lieut.-General 

 Oudinot, Col. Carrelet, Commander of the Municipal 

 Guard, the Chef d'Escadrons De No vital, commanding 

 the Cavalry Hiding-School, and the Captain-instructors 

 de Gues, of the 5th Cuirassiers, and De Mesanges, of 

 the 3d Lancers/' 



