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IX. 



APPLICATION OF THE PRECEDING PRINCIPLES 

 TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HORSES, PAR- 

 TISAN, CAPITAINE, NEPTUNE, AND BURIDAN. 



The persons who systematically denied 

 the efficacy of my method, should also ne- 

 cessarily deny the results shown to them. 

 They were forced to acknowledge that my 

 performance at the Cirque- Olymijique was 

 new and extraordinary ; but they attributed 

 it to curious causes — some more strange than 

 others ; all the while insisting that the eques- 

 trian talent of the rider did not go for 

 nothing in the expertness of the horse. 

 According to some, I was a second Carter, 

 accustoming my horses to obedience by de- 

 priving them of sleep and food ; according to 

 others, I bound their legs with cords, and 



