102 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



pressure of the legs, will make the horse 

 avoid this slight but constant pressure of 

 the bit, but by means of his head and neck 

 only. Then the rider will only make use 

 of the force necessary to displace the head. 

 It is by this means that he will be able to 

 place the horse's body on a level, and will 

 obtain that equilibrium,* the perfect balance 



* The word equilibrium, so often repeated in the 

 course of this work, must be categorically explained. 

 People have never rightly understood what is meant by 

 this true equilibrium of a horse, which serves as the basis 

 of his education, and by which he takes instantly, at the 

 rider's will, such a pace, or such a change of direction, 



It is not here a question of the equilibrium which pre- 

 vents the horse from falling down, but of that upon 

 which depends his performance, when it is prompt, grace- 

 ful, and regular, and by means of which his paces are 

 either measured or extended at will. 



EquiUhrium of Baucher. 



Croup Head. 



Here the weight and the forces are equally distributed. 



