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formance of the pirouette renversee au galop which is 

 perhaps the most perfect trial and triumph of the most 

 exquisitely finished horsemanship, and in which the horse 

 must exert every faculty of his mind to discover, and every 

 muscle of his body to execute, the wishes of his rider. 



It is a vulgar error an abuse of terms the mere The colt 



needs no 



jargon of jockeyship, to say that the horse needs suppling su PP lin s- 

 to perform this, or any other air of the manage, or 

 anything else that man can make him do ; all that he He wants 



to know 



wants is to be made acquainted with the wishes of his y<mr mean " 

 rider, and inspired with the desire to execute them. And that 



he must 



For example, among the innumerable antics which I obey> 

 have seen fresh young troopers go through, when being 

 led to and from the farrier's shop, I have seen them 

 perform this very air, the pirouette renversee au galop 

 to the right, round the man who leads them; I have 

 seen them perform the figure perfectly, with the 

 exception that, instead of the right nostril leading, the 

 head and neck have been straight on the diameter of 

 the circle. At the same time detacher 1'aiguillette, 



