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to carry himself well ; to walk, trot, steadily and 

 quietly, and always in hand ; to rein back freely, 

 and close steadily to either hand ; to canter to both 

 liands, and change leg ; to go about on the forehand, 

 and haunches," &c., but who may not know, how to 

 teach a horse the accomplishments they desire, and 

 it is for their use, that I have thrown together these 

 hints, extracted from various authors ; but princi- 

 pally from " Adams on Horsemanship," " Horseman- 

 ship by Captain Richardson," and " Training of Ca- 

 valry Remount Horses" by Captain Nolan. 



By Monsieur Baucher's Mgihode, recommended by 

 Captain Nolan,* " The horse is gently used, the pro- 

 gress is gradual, but certain. For a few days he is 

 ridden on a snaffle, with a loose rein at a walk and a 

 trot. He is then bitted, and a few simple lessons 

 teaches him, to yield to the feeling of the rein, and the 

 pressure of the leg, then he is collected and got in 

 hand, not by pulling and sawing at the horse's mouth, 

 but by gradual pressing him with the leg, till he raises 

 himself off the bit, and gathers himself up at a walk, 

 then he can be controlled, and put together, to any ex- 

 tent required, by the judicious use of the spur. As 

 all this is done at a halt, or at a walk, the horse un- 

 dergoes no fatigue. Reining back, then perfects the 

 horse in the use of his limbs, and in unqualified obedi- 

 ence to the rider's hand and leg. This once attained, 

 a few lessons will teach the animal to canter, change 

 leg, passage, and pirouette ; the horse becomes a per- 

 fect charger in a very short time, without having, in 

 any way suffered from his breaking, indeed ! without 

 having been over- tired, or over- worked, during the 



* Nolan on Cavalry Tacticts. 



