BAUCHER AND HIS SCHOOL. WITH APPENDIX I: RECOLLECTIONS FROM LOUIS RUL AND EUGÈNE CARON WITH APPENDIX II: - Tecno-Libro

Baucher and his School (originally published in 1948) is an original biography of the greatestecuyer of all time, FranA§ois Baucher (1796-1873). Albert Decarpentry comments on the discoveries of one of the most prolific innovators in Equestrian Art. This book comprises the equestrian biography of FranA§ois Baucher, an analytical examination of his method, and its lasting effect on French equitation. Decarpentry s treatise is essential for understanding the importance of Baucher, a phenomenal figure in the history of equitation. Appendix i contains excerpts from the memoir of Louis Rul, clarified and completed by his friend Eugene Caron. Their personal accounts provide valuable firsthand anecdotes of the life and times of Baucher. Appendix ii consists of excerpts from Monsieur Baucher and his Art: Serious Warning to the Riders of Germany by Louis Seeger, Baucher's German rival. Seeger (also