AND SCHOOL A HORSE. 75 



hand to which the horse turns, will be 

 used. Finally the horse will be made 

 to do the pirouettes to either side, with 

 the curb-reins carried in the left hand. 

 To make the pirouettes on the haunches 

 neatly and quickly, the forces of the 

 fore-hand will be well carried back, so 

 that the horse will rise off the ground 

 in making the face about. The hind- 

 leg on the inside is to be the pivot, 

 and the other hind-leg will be brought 

 up during the movement to give it the 

 finish. 



After the horse has been taught to 

 traverse, and to make the changes in 

 the gallop for which these lessons have 

 prepared him, he will be ready to make 

 the pirouettes upon the croup in action. 

 To this end he will be ridden in circles, 



