his horse, and thus obtain two or three powerful strides, which will enable him to win. Such a force has the appearance of being transmitted, but in reality the jockey simply stimulates by his vigorous action, all the remaining energy of the horse, and makes him go at his maximum speed for two or three seconds.

Let us take another case of horses being exhausted when returning from a long hunt, and when going down a steep incline, at the bottom of which there is a ditch, at which some of them, not being well supported by their rider's legs, stumble or fall. One of the riders, on the contrary, spurs his animal sharply and thus prevents him making a mistake, by doing which he appears to transmit force to him at that moment. In reality, he only stimulates the energy of his horse, whose natural force saves them both.

Let us take a high school horse, when he is at the end of his work and has lost his "go," as sometimes happens. If I wish him to do some energetic movements, I am obliged to have recourse to the spurs, and I use a certain amount of vigour to make him answer to their attacks ; but instead of transmitting force to him, I merely awaken his energy, which he puts into action.

To sum up : the rider does not transmit force to his horse, whose natural forces he directs, moderates, or excites at his pleasure.

I am inclined to think that Baucher simply wished to say that whenever a horse tries to take the initiative in using his own natural forces, the rider should stop or direct them, especially if the animal wants to " play up," as, for instance, by plunging, rearing, or spinning round. But when a horse puts forth all his energy to do a good walk, a grand trot, or a well-marked canter, I don't think that we ought to try to destroy it. Baucher neither destroyed nor transmitted forces ; he directed them. He obtained control of the horse's powers by suppling