thus fatigue the loins and hocks. To make a horse trot well, we should simply try to get him to lean on the hand. No doubt, in a flat race, as at the trot, the rider to some extent carries the head and neck of his horse ; but he should take care to carry it upwards and not backwards, by doing which he would infallibly check the power of the loins and hocks.

To study the exact conditions of trotting races, I once went and lived at Dozulé, which is a small village in Normandy. I had previously ridden on the flat and across country, and as I had also broken three or four school horses, I thought I was going to astonish the Norman lads by my science. I admit, in all humility, that the most surprised one was your humble servant.

At Dozulé there was a brave boy called Pascal, who was very well up in everything about horses, and especially about trotters. I had known him for a long time, and we had previously arranged together the plan of my sojourn at Dozulé.

Pascal had charge of the training of two remarkable trotters, which belonged, if I remember rightly, to the Marquis of Croix. This was about the end of 1864.

On the morning after my arrival, we were in the saddle, and at first we walked on the trotting track, which was a mile and a quarter in length. Then we began to trot, and Pascal beat me easily. I took my defeat with a smile, because I thought that his horse was faster than mine. On the following day we changed horses, and Pascal again beat me. I admit that I was all the more annoyed, because the same result was reproduced the following fifteen days, on each one of which Pascal rode the horse on which I was beaten by him the previous day.

He pulled with all his might at the reins and jerked them, which he called " ringing " his horse. I told him that his way of riding was not rational ; but he replied that it was the only