1 ] 2 NEW METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



great deal of tact on the rider's part, and cannot be prac- 

 tised except on a perfectly broken horse, but broken as 

 I understand it. 



Such is the vocabulary of the new figures of the man- 

 ege that I have created, and so often executed before the 

 public. As you see, this performance, which appeared 

 so extraordinary that people would not believe it 

 belonged to equestrianism, becomes very simple and 

 comprehensible as soon as you have studied the princi- 

 ples of my method. There is not one of these move- 

 ments in which is not discovered the application of the 

 precepts I have developed in this book. 



But, I repeat, if I have enriched equitation with a new 

 and interesting work, I do not pretend to have attained 

 the farthest limits of the art ; and one may come after 

 me, who, if he will study my system and practise it with 

 intelligence, will be able to pass me on the course, and 

 add something yet to the results I have obtained. 



