122 NEW METHOD OF HOESEMANSHIP. 



A. It •would be as difficult for a subject uniting all 

 that constitutes a good horse to give himself up to dis- 

 orderly movements, as it is impossible for the one that 

 has not received the like gifts from nature, to have reg- 

 ular movements, if art did not lend him its aid. 



Q. What do you mean by rassembler f 



A. The reunion of forces at the centre of gravity. 



Q. Can we rassembler the horse that does not contain 

 himself under the attaques f 



A. This is altogether impossible; the legs would be 

 insufficient to counterbalance the effects of the hand. 



Q. At what time ought we to rassembler the horse ? 



A. When the ramener is complete. 



Q. Of what service is the rassembler f 



A, To obtain without difficulty everything of a com- 

 plicated nature in horsemanship. 



Q. In what docs the piaffer consist ? 



A. In the graceful position of the body and the har- 

 monized precision of movement of the legs and feet. 



Q, Is there more than one kind of piaffer f 



A. Two ; the slow and the precipitate. 



Q. Which is to be preferred of these two ? 



A, The slow piaffer^ since it is only when this is 

 obtained that the equilibrium is perfect. 



Q. Ought we to make a \iox^Q piaffe who will not bear 

 the rassembler f 



A. No; for that would be to step out of the logical 

 gradation that alone can give certain results. Besides, 

 the horse that h^s not been brought forward by this 

 chain of principles would only execute with trouble and 

 ungracefully what he ought to accomplish with pleasure 

 and nobly. 



Q. Are all riders alike suited to conquer all the diffi- 

 culties and seize all the effects of touch ? 



