234 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



explains the apparent dullness of the horse in 

 this case. 



Q. Is it not to be feared that the horse 

 may become insensible to the legs, and lose 

 all that activity necessary for accelerated 

 movements ? 



A. Although this is the opinion of nearly 

 all the people who talk of this method, with- 

 out understanding it, there is nothing in 

 what they say. Since all these means serve 

 only to keep the horse in the most perfect 

 equilibrium, promptness of movement ought 

 necessarily to be the result of it ; and, con- 

 sequently, the horse will be disposed to re- 

 spond to the progressive contact of the legs, 

 when the hand does not oppose it. 



Q, How can we judge whether an attaque 

 is regular? 



A. When, far from making the horse get 

 out of hand, it makes him come in to it. 



Q. How ought the hand to be supported. 



