I 62 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



high action, such as the pesade, the piaff, the 

 passage, or the c2Lrvet poise, by strongly supporting 

 the forehand, demanding a vigorous impulse from 

 the croup, and giving liberty with the hand for 

 the spring, — the hand being ready to support the 

 forehand for the spring from the croup, and to 

 meet the impulse and collect the horse when the 

 movement is finished. 



In the Bolotade the horse rises as in a high 

 pesade, springs vigorously from the hind-legs, and 

 while in air throws out the hind-feet until the shoes 

 are seen from behind. 



The Capriole is similar to the bolotade, except 

 that the kick from the hind-leo-s is delivered with 

 full force and to their full extent. These two move- 

 ments are produced from a high pesade, the kick 

 being obtained by a whip stroke upon the rump. 

 In the bolotade and in the capriole the horse is 

 supposed to come to the ground upon all four feet ; 

 but in all of those leaps in which a kick is delivered 

 by the hind-legs I feel sure that the forfe-feet are 

 brought to the ground an appreciable space of time 

 before the hind-feet are planted. I have seen many 

 horses perform the capriole, and I have seen a series 

 of moment-photographs of the movement, and in 

 every one of these cases, without doubt, the fore- 

 legs were unbent before the kick was given, and the 



