190 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



with a commencement of mobility in the 

 extremities, being careful to stop each time 

 that the horse raises or puts down his feet, 

 without advancing them too much, in order 

 to caress him, and speak to him, and thus 

 calm the invigoration that a demand, the 

 object of which he does not understand, 

 must cause in him. Nevertheless, these 

 caresses should be employed with discern- 

 ment, and only when the horse has done 

 well ; for, if badly applied, they would be 

 rather injurious than useful. The fit time 

 for ceasing with the hands and legs is 

 more important still ; it demands all the 

 rider's attention. 



The mobility of the legs once obtained, 

 we can commence to regulate it, and fix the 

 intervals of the cadence. Here again, I seek 

 in vain to indicate with the pen the degree 

 of delicacy necessary in the rider's proceed- 

 ings, since his motions ought to be answered 



