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ance by a careful mode of schooling ; and I wish to 

 say that the letter was written solely with a view of 

 reviving an interest in Baucher's system of training, 

 which I consider by far the best that has ever been 

 offered to the public. 



A very good example of what training can do 

 towards making horses light and graceful in car- 

 riage was recently offered in the Circus Wulff in 

 Vienna, when several of the heavy Percheron 

 draught-horses were exhibited in the airs of the 

 high school. Their performances were highly ap- 

 plauded by the most critical audience in Europe, and 

 they were pronounced by the Sport- Zeitung (of July 

 31, 1885) to have moved 'lightly' and 'brilliantly,' 

 notwithstanding the apparent heaviness of ' horses 

 of the heaviest kind.' 



The following is the article alluded to, copied 

 from the carelessly written letter that was intended 

 only as a casual contribution to the unpaid columns 

 of a newspaper : — 



' To the Editor of The Field. 



' Sir, — About eight months since I purchased 

 a horse from Mr. M'Indoe, Davidson's Mains, 

 Cramond, for the sum of twenty-five pounds. 



' The animal in question was a four-year-old 

 gelding, with a heavy jaw, a low shoulder, and bad 



