Baucher writes : " During the first lessons the entire half-hour should be occupied in stationary work, except the last five minutes, during which the rein-back will be practised." Twenty-five minutes of stationary work and five minutes of reining back is a deplorable waste of time. For a lesson of half an hour's duration I would devote thirty minutes to forward work, without any stationary work or reining back.

Fig. 13. — Correct flexion when mounted.

We shall subsequently see that this difference in method is found in all the work.

Naturally, Baucher's flexion is as incorrect in mounted work as in work on foot. Fig. 12, which is borrowed without any change from his book, enables us to judge his work by comparing it with Fig. 13, which represents correct flexion.