CONCLUSION-. i29 



I have added then successively to the manual of the 

 horseman the following principles and innovations ; 



1. New means of obtaining a good seat. 



2. Means of making the horse come to the man, and 

 rendering him steady to mount. 



3. Distinction between the instinctive forces of the 

 horse and the communicated forces. 



4. Explanation of the influence of a bad formation upon 

 the horse's resistances. 



5. Effect of bad formations on the neck and croup, 

 the principal focuses of resistance. 



6. Means of remedying the faults, or supplings of the 

 two extremities, and the whole of the horse's body. 



7. Annihilation of the instinctive forces of the horse, 

 in order to substitute for them forces transmitted by the 

 rider, and to give ease and beauty of motion to the 

 ungraceful animal. 



8. Equality of sensibility of mouth in all horses ; 

 adoption of a uniform bit. 



9. Equality of sensibility of flanks in all horses ; means 

 of accustoming them all to bear the spur alike. 



10. All horses can place their heads in the position of 

 ramener and acquire the same lightness. 



11. Means of bringing the centre of gravity in a badly- 

 formed horse to the place it occupies in a well-formed one. 



12. The rider disposes his horse for a moment, but he 

 does not determine the movement. 



13. Why sound horses often are faulty in their paces. 

 Means of remedying this in a few lessons. 



14. For changes of direction, use of the leg opposite 

 to the side towards which we turn, so that it may pre- 

 cede the other one. 



15. In all backward movements of the horse the rider's 

 legs ought to precede the hands. 



