WITH BELGIAN OFFICERS. 355 



" Dear Mr. Fillis,— 



" At the moment when you are going to bring out a 

 new edition of your ' Breaking and Riding,' we are anxious 

 to express our admiration of the excellent principles you have 

 taught us. 



" You have shown us, in breaking, how to combine reasoned- 

 out energy with victorious patience. 



" No more excitement ! No intemperate punishment, which 

 is prejudicial to success. 



" Also, thanks to your method and your instruction, we 

 have succeeded in thirty lessons to break horses of entirely 

 different tempers without injuring them, and we fully recog- 

 nise that the principles we previously employed did not give 

 us such rapid and satisfactory results. 



" We are anxious, dear Mr. Fillis, to add our tribute to the 

 numerous testimonies of admiration which you have received 

 everywhere, and we beg you to accept the expression of our 

 distinguished regards. 



" F. DE Hase, Commandant Adjutant-Major. 



" Lambert, Captain Commandant. 



" Five, Commandant. 



" Cec. Herg, Lieutenant. 



" DE FORMANOI, Captain. 



"P. BIOURGE, 1st Lieutenant. 



" Le Grand, Lieutenant. 



" G. Jeidelo, Lieutenant. 



" M. Leclerq, Captain. 



" F. DoCQ, Lieutenant. 



" CoMTE Jean de Merod, ist Lieutenant. 



" M. d'Hespel, 1st Lieutenant. 



" R. Pycke, 1st Lieutenant. 



"VanloQUERE, 1st Lieutenant. 



" BlA, Captain." 



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