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results. In a word, in all the displacements, the pupil 

 must be taught not to have recourse in order to direct 

 the horse, to the means which keep him in his seat, and, 

 vice versd^ not to employ, in order to keep his seat, those 

 which direct the horse. 



Here, but a month has elapsed, and these equestrian 

 gymnastics have made a rider of a person, who at first 

 may have appeared the most unfit for it. Having mas- 

 tered, the preliminary trials, he will impatiently await 

 the first movements of the horse, to give himself up to 

 them with the ease of an experienced rider. 



Fifteen days (thirty lessons) will be devoted to the 

 walk, trot and gallop. Here the pupil should solely 

 endeavor to follow the movements of the horse ; there- 

 fore, the instructor will oblige him to occupy himself 

 only with his seat, and not attempt to guide the horse. 

 He will only exact that the pupil ride, at first, straight 

 before him, then in every direction, one rein of the 

 snaffle in each hand. At the end of four days (eight 

 lessons), he may be made to take the curb-rein in his 

 left hand. 



The right hand, which is now free, must be held along- 

 side of the left, that he may early get the habit of sitting 

 square (with his shoulders on a level) ; the horse will 

 trot equally to the right and to the left. When the 

 seat is firmly settled at all the paces, the instructor will 

 explain simply, the connection between the wrist and the 

 legs, as well as their separate effects. 



Education of the horse. — Here the rider will commence 

 the horse's education, by following the progression I 

 have pointed out, and which will be found farther on. 

 The pupil will be made to understand all that there is 

 rational in it, and what an intimate connection exists 

 between the education of the man and that ofthehorsGi 



