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perceptible, and the pirouette volte will be made 

 almost, in the beat of the pace. 



The full pirouette volte to the right is made in 

 the same manner, except that the turn is completed, 

 and the horse is brought, in a series of gallop 

 strides, the inner hind-leg treading in the centre 

 of the circle about which the body turns, to face in 

 the oriofinal direction. 



By similar means, right and left aids being inter- 

 changed, the de7ni-pirouettc volte and the full pir- 

 ouette volte will be made to the left from gallop left. 



The old form of \\\^ pirouette (in which the horse 

 took the weight upon the hind-legs and wheeled 

 about the inner hind-leg as a pivot) is now seldom 

 practised. In the modern pirouette the inner hind- 

 leg is kept upon the ground, and the body of the 

 horse revolves about it in a series of gallop-like 

 steps with the other feet, and the movement is 

 produced from t\\Q pirouette volte, by carrying back 

 the forces so that the inner hind-leg is fixed as a 

 pivot. 



The horse should also be made to pass in circles 

 in the gallop in reiivers, the head towards the centre, 

 the forehand, slightly retarded, upon the inner cir- 

 cumference. 



Whenever, in the gallop upon two paths, an 

 abrupt turn or change of direction is to be made. 



