APPENDIX 



bridle, he will have his spine straight, and consequently be 

 able to carry weight, to regulate his gait, and be less fatigued, 

 and consequently less subject to lameness and sickness. If 

 the impulse given by the legs be decreased, and the sustain- 

 ing effect of the bridle increased, the horse will diminish or 

 stop his motion forward. The effect of the legs and bridle 

 being applied to the horse, and the effect of the bridle then 

 increased, the impulsion of the horse will be backward. The 

 horse being stopped, a quick increase of effect of the left leg 

 of the rider, without relaxing the effect of the right leg, will 

 determine a quick answer of the left hind leg of the horse. 

 The immediate raising of the hand of the rider will raise the 

 fore hand of the horse, and as it is impossible for him to 

 sustain the weight of his body on his left hind leg only, the 

 opposite (right) will come immediately to sustain and assist 

 the impulsion. The cessation of the effect of the hand will 

 allow the fore hand to return immediately to the ground, 

 and the gallop will be determined to the left. In this system 

 there is no change of position of the rider. He leans neither 

 forward nor backward; consequently, there is no unusual 

 strain on the horse, and a perfect seat is kept at all times. 

 The charge is only an extension of the gallop. 



The leap is accomplished by increasing the effect of both 

 hand and legs at the same time instant, and then diminishing 

 them simultaneously, afterwards sustaining the horse by a 

 renewal of both. 



Q. 4. What is the practicability of applying this system 

 to the Army? 



A. It is very essential to have a system that is uniform, 

 and one that will combine all that is necessary in the fewest 

 possible movements. To this end he has reduced them to 

 three simple ones. First, to go forward; second, to go back- 

 ward ; and third, to turn to the right or to the left. Baucher 

 used fifteen, most of which were unnecessary and impractical ; 

 as Mr. de Bussigny has simplified it^ it is within the comore- 



