6 TRANSLATOR S PBEFACE. 



by M. Carrelet, Colonel of the Municipal Guard of 

 Paris : 



" To shorten this narration, I would say that the offi- 

 cers of the Municipal Guard are unanimous in their 

 approval of M. Baucher's proceedings, applied to the 

 breaking of young horses. 



" We have assisted at the education of forty troop 

 horses, all more or less difficult to manage ; and we are 

 convinced that, by Baucher's system, they have been 

 more advanced in fifteen days than they would have been 

 in six months, by the proceedings we have been accus- 

 tomed to follow. 



" I am so convinced of the efficiency of the means prac- 

 tised by M. Baucher, that I am going to subject to them 

 all the horses of my five squadrons." 



Extract from the report of Lieutenant-General Mar- 

 quis Oudinot to his Excellency the Marshal the Minister 

 of War: 



"That the system of M. Baucher may produce in the 

 army all the advantages expected from it, it would be 

 necessary to have a certain number of instructors ini- 

 tiated in it as completely as possible, that they may be 

 able to teach it afterwards. 



" In consequence of which, I have the honor to propose 

 to you to order : 



" 1 St. That upon the return to Saumur of the com- 

 manding officer of the riding-school, the young horses be 

 broken after Baucher's method, and observations made 

 upon the advantages or disadvantages that it presents. 



" 2d. That in the Fifth Cuirassiers and the Third Lan- 

 cers, the application of this method be continued. 



*' 3d. That the different bodies of cavalry within a 

 circle of twenty-five leagues around Paris detach, for 

 about two months, their captain-instructor and one 



