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the effects of forces, and acquire all the 

 niceties of his art in perfection. 



15. Regular piaffer ivith an instant halt 

 on three legs, the fourth remaining in the air. 



Here, also, as for the ordinary pirouettes 

 upon three legs, it is by exercising the 

 piaffer and the flexion of one leg separately, 

 that we will succeed in uniting the two 

 movements in one. We will interrupt the 

 piaffer by arresting the contraction of three 

 of the legs so as to leave it in one only. It 

 is sufiicient, then, in order to accustom the 

 horse to this performance, to stop him while 

 he is piaffing, by forcing him to contract one 

 of his legs. 



16. Change of feet every time, at equal 

 intervals, the horse remaining in the same 

 place. 



This movement is obtained by the same 

 proceedings as are employed for changing 

 feet every time while advancing, only it is 



