232 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



to give the impulsion which gives the hand 

 an opportunity to contain [renfermer) the 

 horse. 



Q. Is it the attacks themselves that chas- 

 tise the horse ? 



A. No. The chastisement is in the con- 

 tained position which the attaques and the 

 hand compel the horse to assume. As the 

 animal then finds himself in a position where 

 it is impossible to make use of any of his 

 forces, the chastisement has all its efficiency. 



Q. In what consists the difference be- 

 tween the attaques, practiced after the old 

 principles, and those which the new method 

 prescribes ? 



A. Our predecessors (whom we should 

 venerate) practiced spurring in order to 

 throw the horse out of himself; the new 

 method makes use of it to contain him 

 w^ithin himself — that is, to give him that 



