INTEODUCTION. IX 



It is not necessary that every man 

 should learn or that every horse should 

 be taught all the movements of the 

 manege. It will be enough for all 

 practical purposes of ordinary riding if 

 the horse carries himself in equilibrium 

 and obeys the indications of the hand 

 and legs, and the rider has a seat 

 that permits him to make a measured 

 use of the aids under every circum- 

 stance of motion and action. But that 

 which remains to make a thorough 

 horseman and a schooled horse is so 

 little, that I have here given a method 

 for those movements of the manege that 

 have been found most useful in giving 

 the horse control of his powers and in 

 making him obedient to the will of his 

 rider. 



