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horse. The method by which these results have 

 been attained is chiefly that of Baucher, with some 

 modifications and additions suggested by the owner's 

 experience, acquired in the French and Austrian 

 schools/ 



The passage in the above regarding the French 

 and Austrian schools, refers to the systems of those 

 countries, which I practised, under such masters 

 as S. S. Stokes, Joseph Merklen, and others, in 

 America. I may here express my obligations, in 

 general terms, to the writers upon horsemanship, 

 for I have carefully studied the works of most of 

 those who have treated the subject, from Xenophon 

 down to the most recent authority. I have seen 

 many of t;he best school-riders of our day, and from 

 some of them I have received useful information. 



