92 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



being ready to measure the effect of the acting heel 

 and to keep the horse from volunteering a step, the 

 hand keeping the forehand in place, the right rein 

 bending the head slightly to the right and lighten- 

 ing that side for the short steps of the right fore- 

 foot. 



In a few such lessons the horse should answer 

 the application of the heel without the support of 

 the whip, when the use of the latter should be dis- 

 pensed with. 



In a similar manner the horse should be tauo-ht 

 to move the croup to the left about the right fore- 

 leg as pivot, the head being bent slightly to the left, 

 the whip being held down by the right side ready 

 to enforce the indications of the right heel, while 

 the left heel measures and corrects the effects of 

 the riorht. 



To make the matter more clear to the reader I 

 will describe the reversed pirouette without men- 

 tioning how the aids are employed. The reversed 

 pirouette to the right is a movement in which the 

 croup is carried about the forehand, to the right, 

 the left fore-leg acting as pivot, the other legs 

 moving sufficiently to maintain their proper places 

 at each change in the position of the body of the 

 horse, the head of the horse, held at a natural ele- 

 vation with the face about vertical to the ground, 



