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ready control over the submissive mass thus put in 

 equilibrium. 



The method I have adopted, like all other modern 

 systems of any value, is founded upon that of 

 Baucher. 1 But I did not think it necessary for our 

 purpose to employ the great variety of ' flexions ' 

 devised by the distinguished French authority ; and 

 I am satisfied that the few simple exercises I have 

 recommended will accomplish all that can be desired. 

 At the same time, I think that every one who wishes 

 to excel in horsemanship should study Baucher's 

 work, as the fountainhead of all that is best in 

 the art. 



The plan of illustrating my work by means of 

 instantaneous photography was original, and when 

 we recognise the difficulty, if not the impossibility, 

 of presenting, in any other way, to the eye of the 

 reader every motion and pose of man and horse, I 

 think that the importance of this idea will be ad- 

 mitted. 



To make the Horse carry its head in position. 

 The rider will mount, and, taking the right rein 

 in the right hand, the left rein in the left hand, will 



1 I have studied, with much profit, the admirable work of M. Guerin 

 {Dressage dti Cheval de Guerre), and the system I have followed, and here 

 recommend, has been greatly influenced by his writings. But it would be 

 unjust to MM. Baucher and Guerin not to confess that I am responsible for 

 many of the opinions I offer, and that this method is not, perhaps, wholly in 

 accordance with their ideas. 



