128 NEW METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



8. Easy and regular movement of the haunches, com- 

 prising ordinary and reversed j^i^'oiiettes. 



9. Leaping the ditch and the bar. 



10. Pioffer. 



11. Halt from the gallop, by the aid of first, the pres- 

 sure of the legs, and then a light support of the hand. 

 I ask all' conscientious men : have they seen many horse- 

 men of renown obtain similar results in so short a time ? 



The education of the men's horses, being less compli- 

 cated than that of those intended for officers, would on 

 that account be more rapid. The principal things 

 will be the supplings and the backing, fol- 

 lowed by the walk, the trot and the gallop, while 

 keeping the horse perfectly in hand. The colonels 

 will soon appreciate the excellent results of this 

 exercise, in consequence of the precision with which all 

 the movements are made. The important flexions of 

 the fore-hand can be executed without leaving the sta- 

 bles, each rider turning his horse around in the stall. 

 It is not for me to point out to the colonels of regi- 

 ments the exact way of putting my method in prac- 

 tice; it is enough for me to lay down my principles 

 and to explain them. The instructors will themselves 

 supply the details of application too long to enumerate 

 here. 



I must again repeat, this book is the fruit of twenty 

 years of observation constantly verified by practice. A 

 long and painful work without doubt, but what com- 

 pensation I have found in the results I have been 

 happy enough to obtain. In order to let the public 

 judge of the importance of my discoveries, it is suffi- 

 cient here to give their nomenclature, and I present 

 these processes as new ones, because I can conscien- 

 tiously say that they never were practised before me. 



