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of the education of the horse; but this edu- 

 cation is too intimately bound up in that of 

 the rider, for him to make much progress in 

 the one without a knowledge of the other. 

 In explaining the processes which should 

 produce perfection in the animal, I shall ne- 

 cessarily teach the horseman to apply them 

 himself; he will only have to practice to- 

 morrow what I teach him to-day. Neverthe- 

 less, there is one thing that no precept can 

 give ; that is, a fineness of touch, a delicacy 

 of equestrian feeling that belongs only to cer- 

 tain privileged organizations, and without 

 which, we seek in vain to pass certain limits. 

 Having said this, we will return to our sub- 

 ject. 



We now know which are the parts of 

 the horse that contract the most in resist- 

 ances, and we feel the necessity of suppling 

 them. Shall we then seek to attack, exer- 

 cise, and conquer them all at once? No; 



