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All this preliminary work was done in place and resulted 

 in the '^gather" {Le ramener) ; later by the use of so-called 

 ''attacks" and "collecting effects/' he arrived at the 

 ''assemble" {Le rassemhler) . These first lessons were 

 supplemented by a few movements at the walk, trot, 

 and gallop, and were supposed to complete the training 

 of a horse in two months. 



As for the high school, this was Baucher's triumph. 

 He was an admirable riding master and could make his 

 horses execute the most complicated steps. In one of 

 his works he mentions 16 new riding-school movements 

 which he had added to the repertory of former riding 

 masters. 



Baucher wrote several works on equitation. The 

 principal ones are a Dictionary of Equitation and a 

 Method of Equitation Based on New Principles. 



D'Aure. — The Count d'Aure, a former pupil of the St. 

 Cyr school, graduated there as a second lieutenant of 

 infantry. He subsequently went into the guard corps 

 and was thus enabled to enter the riding school at Ver- 

 sailles under the direction of the Viscount d'Abzac. 



In 1830 he resigned, but, although he gave up the pro- 

 fession of arms, he retained his fondness for equitation, 

 and his brilliant success in that du^ection led to his being 

 appointed in 1847 to the post of head riding master of the 

 school at Saumur. 



His equitation is far from being complicated and 

 studied; it is instinctive, bold, and brilliant. The Count 

 d'Aure was an improvisor who, at the first glance, knew 

 how to secure good results from the most difiicult horses. 

 Like all true horsemen, he rode equally well in the riding 

 hall and in the open; and while he encouraged hunting 

 and racing, he could excel all others at the head of a 

 riding-school exhibition. He directed his efforts particu- 

 larly to the ma'king of bold and energetic horsemen and 



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