140 HOW THE HOESE LEARNS 



Way of teaching. 



The lounge is tlie best material way of instruc- 

 ting tlie horse for the purpose of rendering him 

 supple and preparing him (as far as his conformar 

 tion allows it) to keep collected in the hand when 

 the time will come to ride him. It is explained in 

 the Arte di Oaval,carb (Devoti - Salb, Lago di 

 Garda - 1894). 



In the eighteenth century the Earl of Pem- 

 broke recognized the adrantage of instructing hor- 

 ses with the lounge which was invented at Naples 

 by a Prince Pignatelli in the sixteenth century 

 when many Neapolitan noblemen taught riding. 

 Monsieur De la Broue et Monsieur de Pluvinel 

 were among Prince Pignatelli' s pupils. 



To teach him to do particular actions and to 

 accustom him to be touclied, to be caressed, to be 

 groomed, to give np his feet, not to be afraid of 

 ^vearing harness and not to fear many objects, the 

 horse must be made to stand still, isolated, held 

 by two men with two lounges attached to the two 



