116 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



of the progress of his horse, seeking all the 

 while for means to increase the effects of his 

 touch. 



Even while this work is in an elementary 

 state, he will make the horse execute easily 

 all the figures of the manege de deux pistes j^^ 

 After eight days of moderate exercise, he 

 will have accomplished, without effort, a 

 performance that the old school did not 

 dare to undertake until after two or three 

 years of study and work with the horse. 



When the rider has accustomed the croup 

 of the horse to yield promptly to the pres- 

 sure of the legs, he will be able to put it in 

 motion, or fix it motionless at will, and he 



* "Xa piste is an imaginary line upon which the horse 

 is made to walk. When the hind legs follow the same 

 line as the fore ones, the horse is said to go d'une piste, 

 or on one line. He goes de deux pistes, or on two lines, 

 when his hind legs pass along a line parallel to that traced 

 by the fore legs." — Baucher's Dictionnaire d' Equitation. 



