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in Algeria, Morocco, and Syria, and in France in the war of 

 18/0. In all of these he has insisted on the individuality of 

 the horse and rider joined that reconnaissance work 

 vshould be one by individual horsemen rather than by pla- 

 toons or squadrons. The seat is the cavalry soldier's true 

 capital, and only when that is perfect is the combination 

 (man-horse) valuable in war. Mr. de Bussigny's squadron 

 had its flag decorated on account of its promptness, energy, 

 and bravery at Pablo del Monte in Mexico. In France, in 

 1870, he had six hundred green horses ridden by six hundred 

 green men in a hard campaign, and he had hardly a single 

 sore back or lame horse. 



He enlarged on the effect of the rider's nervousness on the 

 horse; no matter whether this nervousness came from em- 

 barrassment, fright, or want of knowledge what to do, it was 

 immediately communicated to the horse. If he rode a horse 

 without a thought or care as to his management, the rider 

 was left free to devote all his thoughts and faculties to the 

 business at hand. 



Q. 3. In what does the theory of the system consist? 



A. It is based on the individuality to be given to each 

 horseman, and by its simplicity gives that horseman the 

 possibility of being the trainer of his own animal. The horse 

 is no longer restive; does not want to go wrong; he is con- 

 trolled by the rider's legs and by them he is impelled for- 

 ward. 



He is sustained and directed by his bridle. The two legs of 

 the rider producing an equal effect will equally impel the 

 horse forward. By the bridle, he will be equally sustained 

 and directed, and the motion will necessarily be straight to 

 the front. The impulsion forward given to the horse by the 

 two legs of the rider, being increased by one of the legs 

 without relaxing the effect of the opposite leg, will determine 

 the horse to turn to the right or the left. If the pressure of 

 the legs is equal, and the horse equally sustained by the 



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