MOBILITY OF HAUNCHES. 205 



weight of his body fall upon the left side. 

 The rider s legs will be sustained firmly 

 (the left a little more than the right), that 

 the effect of the hand which brings the 

 head to the right should not react upon the 

 weight, and that the forces which serve to 

 fasten to the ground the over-weighted part 

 may give the horse s right leg enough 

 action to make it rise from the ground. By 

 a repetition of this exercise a few times, 

 you will succeed in keeping this leg in the 

 air as long a time as you wish. 



2. Mobility of the haunches, the horse 

 resting on his fore legs, while his hind legs 

 balance themselves alternately, the one over 

 the oilier : when the hind leg, which is raised 

 from left to right, is moved, and is placed 

 on the ground to become pivot in its turn, 

 the other to be instantly raised and to execute 

 the same movement. 

 18 



