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sooner become masters of these managed horses, and will 

 acquire in six weeks a seat that will come of itself, and 

 their touch will be developed much more quickly. 



" Finally, men learn very quickly to put in practice 

 means that are ajoplied on foot, and there is a great 

 advantage in it ; it is that they can see better the 

 moment that the neck becomes flexible and the jaw with- 

 out contraction ; besides this, their hand becomes much 

 more delicate than it would have become in a much 

 greater space of time, if the application took place in 

 the saddle. 



" Until now, only men of great talent were able to 

 break horses ; now, by practising this new method, which 

 demonstrates clearly the means of breaking, every rider, 

 in a very short time, can acquire the knowledge neces- 

 sary to render a horse fit for use. * * * ^ person 

 commencing to learn this method, and who is obliged to 

 work from the book, ought to proceed slowly and cau- 

 tiously in the application of principles that are not 

 familiar to him. He ought first to endeavor to perfect 

 his seat, his position, his touch, the obedience of his 

 horse, and liis paces ; he will thus make great progress in 

 the breaking, and be enabled to undertake the application 

 of the new method. 



*'De Willisex, 



^^ Lieut.' Col. of the Seventh Cuirassiers.^^ 



M. Baucher received from the King of Prussia a mag- 

 nificent snuff-box of elegantly carved gold, as a token of 

 the satisfaction of his majesty with our author's system. 



If anybody has read all this, they will be pleased to 

 hear that there will be no more proofs of the excellence 

 of the system brought from across the Atlantic. In con- 

 sequence of the opposition mentioned above, Baucher's 



