283 



roborates the view we have taken of the nature of 

 the action. 



§ 215. Circling on the Fore-hand, and Circling on 

 the HaunchesJ^ — These movements, including, of 

 course, the pirouette renversee, and the pirouette, 

 seem to be both contained in the actions of the 

 "passage." Circhng on the fore-hand being the 

 haunch movement, with the neck movement re- 

 duced to a minimum, and circHng on the haunches 

 the neck movement, with the hauncli movement 

 reduced to a minimum. 



Circling mi the Fore-hand, with the head turned 

 inwards. The horse is put in position with the 

 appui, say, on the left hind and right fore-feet^ 

 The rider lifts the left hind-foot with the left spur, 

 presses down the right hind-foot with his right 

 seat-bone, and continues the action of the left spur 

 until the formation of the primary section of the 

 left posterior line ; the thrusting element held in 

 check, carries the left hind-leg across the body to 

 the right. No pressure being made with the left 

 rein, as is done in the "passage," the weight is 

 thrown upon the left fore-foot without moving it, 



* These movements are well shown in the plates accompanying the 

 late General Kenner Garrard's Annotations on Nolan, Baucher and 

 Rarey. 



