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A. They ought to reach the flanks by a movement 

 like the stroke of a lancet, and be taken away as 

 quickly. 



Q. Are there circumstances where the attaque ought 

 to be practised without the aid of the hand ? 



A. Never; since its only object should be to give the 

 impulsion which serves for the hand to contain Q-enfeV' 

 mer) the horse. 



Q. Is it the attaques themselves that chastise the horse ? 



A. No. The chastisement is in the contained position 

 that the attaques and the hand make the horse assume. 

 As the latter then finds himself in a position where it is 

 impossible to make use of any of his forces, the chastise- 

 ment has all its efficiency. 



Q. In what consists the difference between the attaques 

 practised after the old principles, and those which the new 

 method prescribed? 



A, Our predecessors (that we should venerate) prac- 

 tised spurring in order to throw the horse out of him- 

 self; the new method makes use of it to contain him ; 

 that is, to give him that first position which is the 

 mother of all the others. 



Q, What are the functions of the legs during the 

 attaques ? 



A. The legs ought to remain adherent to the horse's 

 flanks and in no respect to partake of the movements of 

 the feet. 



Q. At what moment ought we to commence the atta^ 

 ques f 



A. When the horse supports peaceably a strong pres- 

 sure of the legs without getting out of hand, 



Q. Why does a horse, perfectly in hand, bear the spur 

 without becoming excited^ and even without sudden 

 movement ? 



