56 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



over all the muscles of the animal. When 

 the latter himself determines the use of 

 them, the forces are instinctive; I call them 

 transmitted when they emanate from the 

 rider. In the first case, the man governed 

 by his horse remains the plaything of his 

 caprices ; in the second, on the contrary, he 

 makes him a docile instrument, submissive 

 to all the impulses of his will. The horse, 

 then, from the moment he is mounted, 

 should only act by transmitted forces. The 

 invariable application of this principle con- 

 stitutes the true talent of the horseman. 



But such a result cannot be attained in- 

 stantaneously. The young horse, in free- 

 dom, having been accustomed to regulate 

 his own movements, will, at first, submit 

 with difficulty to the strange influence 

 that comes to take the entire control of 

 them. A struggle necessarily ensues be- 

 tween the horse and his rider, who will be 



