30 SYSTEM FOK TRAINING CAVALRY HORSES. 



and step freely " from" tlie pressure of the leg ; on 

 tlie word '^ Circle your horses to the right on the fore- 

 hands^'' let the men pass the right hand down, with the 

 middle finger between the off reins, and bend the 

 horse's head a little to the right, so that the horse 

 may see his hind-quarters coming round (vide plate Y) ; 

 apply the left leg as usual ; should the horse not an- 

 swer to the pressure, use the reins on the same side 

 with the leg, and resume the opposite rein the moment 

 the horse yields. All this must be done very gently 

 and gradually, for if you bend the horse's head round 

 as far as it can go, and attempt thus to circle him the 

 first time, he will resist, finding it too difficult ; but if 

 done by degrees, he will soon come to it. 



The near fore-leg is the pivot on which the horse 

 circles to the right on the forehand. The off" fore-leg 

 is the one he circles on to the left on the forehand. 



The leg opposite the one which presses the " hind 

 quarters" to circle round the "fore," must be kept 

 close to the horse, to assist in keeping him in his 

 place, by communicating a forward impulse, whilst 

 the other leg communicates the impulse which makes 

 tlie horse step from right to left, or left to right ; and 

 in order that the pressure of the one shall not counter- 

 act the effect of the other, the leg applied to make the 

 horse step to either hand, should be further behind the 

 girth than the leg used to keep him up to the hand. 



Both leo:s should be close to the horse at all times, 

 the pressure on either side being increased as occasion 



