Here, but a month has elapsed, and these equestrian gymnastics have made a rider of a person, who at first may have appeared the most unfit for it. Having mastered the preliminary trials, he will impatiently await the first movements of the horse, to give himself up to them with the ease of an experienced rider.
Fifteen days (thirty lessons) will be devoted to the walk, trot and gallop. Here the pupil should solely endeavor to follow the movements of the horse; therefore, the instructor will oblige him to occupy himself only with his seat, and not attempt to guide the horse. He will only exact that the pupil ride, at first, straight before him, then in every direction, one rein of the snaffle in each hand. At the end of four days (eight lessons), he may be made to take the curb-rein in his left hand.
The right hand, which is now free, must be held alongside of the left, that he may early get the habit of sitting square (with his shoulders on a level); the horse will trot equally to the right and to the left. When the seat is firmly settled at all the paces, the instructor will explain simply, the connection between the wrist and the legs, as well as their separate effects.
Education of the horse.—Here the rider will commence the horse's education, by following the progression I have pointed out, and which will be found farther on. The pupil will be made to understand all that there is rational in it, and what an intimate connection exists between the education of the man and that of the horse.
Recapitulation and progression.—
| Days | Lessons | |
| 1. Flexion of the loins to expand the chest | 4 | 8 |
| 2. Extending and replacing of the thighs, and flexion of the legs | 4 | 8 |
| 3. General exercise of all the parts in succession | 8 | 16 |
| 4. Displacement of the man's body, exercise of the knees and arms with weights in the hands | 15 | 30 |
| 5. Position of the rider, the horse being at a walk, trot and gallop, in order to fashion and settle the seat at these different paces | 15 | 30 |
| 6. Education of the horse by the rider | 75 | 150 |
| ---- | ---- | |
| Total | 121 | 242 |