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in practice means that are applied on foot, 

 and there is this great advantage in it ; 

 they can see better the moment that the 

 neck becomes flexible and the jaw without 

 contraction : besides this, their hand be- 

 comes much more delicate than it would 

 have become in a much greater space of 

 time, if the application had taken place in 

 the saddle. 



" Until lately, only men of great talent 

 were able to break horses ; now, by prac- 

 tising this new method, which demonstrates 

 clearly the means of breaking, every rider, 

 in a very short time, can acquire the know- 

 ledge necessary to render a horse fit for use. 



* * * A person commencing to learn 

 this method, and who is obliged to work 

 from the book, ought to proceed slowly and 

 cautiously in the application of principles 

 that are not familiar to him. He ought first 

 to endeavor to perfect his seat, his position, 



