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the whip taps should cease and the animal be re- 

 warded. It should then be made to take another 

 step with the hind-legs to the right, the trainer's 

 left hand keeping the forehand in place. This 

 movement of the croup and this holding of the 

 forehand will bring the horse so that the right fore- 

 foot will be slightly in rear of the place it should 

 occupy with regard to the new position of the body 

 of the horse. The trainer should therefore give a 

 light touch of the whip upon the under side of the 

 right fore-arm, and at the same time give a light play 

 of the bit upon the right side, to induce the horse 

 to move the riorht fore-foot to a line even with the 

 left fore-foot, the latter not being advanced beyond 

 its original place. As the croup goes about to the 

 right, the right fore-leg will in this manner be made 

 to conform to the movement, but the left fore-foot 

 kept flat upon the ground will be a rotating pivot 

 about which the body revolves. Step by step the 

 the croup will be carried about the forehand, a halt 

 being demanded between each step, so that the 

 horse will learn that it must not volunteer a move- 

 ment, the left fore-foot being kept upon the ground, 

 the right fore-foot moving enough only to keep its 

 proper place at each change of position of the body 

 of the horse. This movement is the revei^sed pzj'oti- 

 ette, and we shall shortly see its importance. 



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