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distinct in their object, and ought to be en- 

 tirely distinct in their method of practice; 

 but they have been long confounded to- 

 gether by pedantic and unscientific equestrians. 

 The demonstration of this almost universal 

 mistake is one of M. Baucher's many emi- 

 nent merits. 



The mere breaking of a young horse is an 

 exceedingly simple matter, and would be an 

 exceedingly easy one if it were always en- 

 trusted to patient and gentle hands. A horse 

 is completely broken as soon as he carries his 

 rider, without resistance or reluctance, at a 

 walk, trot and gallop. This he will readily 

 do when he is once brought to understand 

 that neither his rider, nor any of the new and 

 strange objects to which his rider must neces- 

 sarily introduce him, is going to do him any 

 harm. And if he is treated with due kind- 

 ness before breaking, and with due forbear- 

 ance while being broken, he will very speedily 

 acquire this conviction. 



We all know that the breaking of a young 

 horse consists of two steps, Lunging and Back- 

 ing. He is first taught to advance steadily 

 by being driven round and round in a lunge 



