170 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



the regular application of the principles 

 which I have developed for the first time. 

 You will be convinced of this truth when 

 you know that the rassemhler demands : — 



1. The suppling, partial and general, of 

 the neck and haunches. 



2. The perfect position that results from 

 this suppling. 



3. The entire absorption of the forces of 

 the horse by the rider. 



NoWj as the means of obtaining these 

 different results have never been pointed 

 out in any treatise on horsemanship, am I 

 not justified in saying that the true rassem- 

 hler has never been practised until now ? 

 It is, nevertheless, one of the indispensable 

 conditions of the horse's education ; conse- 

 quently, I think I am right in saying that, 

 before my method, horses of defective forma- 

 tion have never been properly broken. 



How is the rassemhler defined in the 



