INTRODUCTION. 



THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT of this little work is 

 to make the English sportsman acquainted 

 with the rudiments of M. Baucher's admirable 

 system of Suppling the Horse. 



It is now about thirty-five years since M. 

 Baucher first laid his theory of equitation be- 

 fore the French public. Its merits have 

 been long and keenly discussed upon the Con- 

 tinent, but I cannot find that it has ever at- 

 tracted any serious notice in England. An 

 English pamphlet, containing an outline of its 

 principles as adapted to the training of cavalry 

 horses, was indeed published by the late 

 lamented Captain Nolan in 1853 ; but it was 

 not calculated to attract, and certainly did not 

 receive, much attention from civilian horse- 

 men. 



I have not thought it advisable to translate 



