1 20 Horse and Man. 



in the ranks, the English troop-horse under- 

 goes no suppling whatever. The men are 

 not taught to get their horses in hand at 

 speed, nor to practise them in circling or 

 pirouetting at the short canter. The conse- 

 quence is that in single combats none of our 

 horses are under command, and that in a 

 charge most of them are accustomed to run 

 away. 



Now there is no reason whatever why 

 either of these inconveniences should continue 

 to exist. The high spirit arid powerful frame 

 of the English charger make him peculiarly 

 capable of pulling up short and of wheeling 

 rapidly. All that is required is to make him 

 understand that his rider wishes him to do 

 so and so, and that what his rider wishes 

 must be done. Nor is this more than can 

 easily be effected by auy good scientific horse- 

 man ; that is to say, by such a horseman as 

 any man of average natural faculties may 

 with proper instruction and due diligence 

 make sure of becoming. Any cavalry officer 

 may therefore, if he pleases, make his own 

 horse a perfect charger. 



Every saddle horse ought to be light in 



