changes the distribution of weight by raising the head and neck, they will not bear so heavily on his hands.

Baucher confused the sensitiveness of the mouth with the lightness which results from a change in the position of the head and neck.

Let us now consider the sides of a horse.

Who will believe that the sides of a common, heavy, lymphatic horse are as sensitive as those of a strong, wiry and free-going animal ?^[1] It is possible to make the former do almost the same exercises as the latter ; but at what cost ? We would have to dig the spurs into him to make him move ; but with the free-goer, the mere approach of the heels would be enough.

A ticklish, impatient horse will never bear the spurs with the same docility as a good-tempered, placid animal. In no case can we succeed in completely changing the work of nature. Further, a horse which is naturally ticklish, becomes still more so from the continual contact of the spurs. It may even happen that a horse which is not naturally ticklish, becomes ticklish from the use of the spurs during breaking.

Also, a horse which has bad loins, weak hocks, or any other defect, will not be cured by Baucher's method. Often his imperfections will only be increased by the sufferings which he will endure, on account of being made to take up certain positions, as in ordinary reining in, without the pressure of the legs,^[2] or in the complete rassembler. Baucher, therefore, was far from being right when he asserted that his method cured all ills.

As a general rule, the weaker and more unsound a horse is, the less should be expected from him, under pain of making him incapable of any kind of work. With such an animal,