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interchanged, will teach him to pass in 

 the opposite direction. 



These lessons should be repeated at 

 intervals, so that they are not rendered 

 irksome or fatiguing to the horse, until 

 he will complete his circles, either way, 

 without taking up the pivot or outside 

 foot. 



These pirouettes will now be made 

 with the rider in the saddle ; and if the 

 work on foot has been faithfully per- 

 formed, the horse will be well advanced 

 in his education. 



Bringing the horse into equilibrium, 

 the rider will play with the right rein of 

 the curb to destroy the resistances of the 

 shoulder, and with his left leg will make 

 the horse carry the croup one step to the 

 right. The right leg of the rider will be 



