194 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



him too long at exercises tliat fatigue him; 

 the more so as his intelligence is less pre- 

 pared to understand what we demand of 

 him. On the other hand^ an interval of 

 twenty-four hours is too long, in my opinion, 

 for the animal to remember what he may 

 have comprehended the day before. 



The general work wull be divided into 

 five series or lessons, distributed in the fol- 

 lowing order : — 



First lesson. Eiglit days of tcor.k — The 

 first twenty minutes of this lesson will be 

 devoted to the stationary exercise for the 

 flexions of the jaw and neck; the rider first 

 on foot, and then on horseback, will follow 

 the progression I have previously indicated. 

 During the last ten minutes, he will make 

 the horse go forward at a walk, without try- 

 ing to animate him, applying himself all the 

 while to keeping the animal's head in the 

 position of rameiier. He will content himself 



