204 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



cution of wliicli rendered necessary more 

 suppleness, more ensemhle^ more finish in 

 the education of the horse. This was easy 

 to me, with my system; and to convince my 

 adversaries that there was neither magic 

 nor mystery in my performance at the 

 Cirque^ I am about to explain by what pro- 

 cesses, purely equestrian, and even without 

 having recourse to piliers, cavessons, or 

 horsewhips, I have brought my horse to 

 execute the sixteen figures of the manege 

 which appear so extraordinary. 



1. Instantaneous flexion and support in the 

 air of either one of the fore legs^ while the 

 other three legs remain fixed to the ground. 



The means of making the horse raise 

 one of his fore legs is very simple, as soon 

 as the animal is perfectly supple and rassem- 

 hJe. To make him raise, for example, the 

 right leg, it is sufficient to incline his head 

 slightly to the right, while making the 



