Q. Are the defenses of the horse physical or moral?
A. At first they are physical, but afterwards become moral; the rider ought then to seek out the causes that produce them, and endeavor, by a preparatory exercise, to re-establish the correct equilibrium that a bad natural formation prevented.
Q. Can the naturally well-balanced horse defend himself?
A. It would be as difficult for a subject uniting all that constitutes a good horse to give himself up to disorderly movements, as it is impossible for the one that has not received the like gifts from nature, to have regular movements, if art did not lend him its aid.
Q. What do you mean by rassembler?
A. The reunion of forces at the centre of gravity.
Q. Can we rassembler the horse that does not contain himself under the attaques?
A. This is altogether impossible; the legs would be insufficient to counterbalance the effects of the hand.
Q. At what time ought we to rassembler the horse?
A. When the ramener is complete.