70 SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CAVALKY UOKSES. 



and above all, on the intelligence of tlie rider ; with 

 this last quality there is no obstacle he cannot sur- 

 mount. 



The horse must keep up the same degree of action, 

 and remain light in hand throughout, if he is to per- 

 form with all desirable precision ; and the rider must 

 carefully avoid throwing his horse's forehand roughly 

 from side to side, to obtain the changes of leg. 



XIII. Pirouettes renversees on three legs^ during 

 which the horse holds uj? the fore-leg on that side to 

 which he turns. 



" Pirouettes renversees" must be familiar to a horse 

 broken in on my system, and I have shown how to 

 make him hold up one of the fore-legs. 



If these movements are well done separately, they 

 are easily combined. In preparing the horse for the 

 " pirouette," prepare liim at the same time to raise 

 the fore-leg ; once up, throw tlie weight to the side 

 opposed to that you are going to turn to, by pressing 

 on it with hand and leg ; the leg on the side you turn 

 to giving a forward impulse to the "horse, to prevent 

 the hand from throwing the horse too much back. 



XIY. '•'Reining hacli^^ pansing at each step, the 

 horses right leg remaining stretched out and immov- 

 able over the ground that the left has 2MSsed over', and 

 vice versa. 



This movement depends upon the cleverness of the 

 rider, for it is the result of a combination of aids 

 which cannot be particularized. 



