DIVISION OF THE WORK. 101 



ten minutes, he will make the horse go forward at a walk 

 without trying to animate him, but applying himself all 

 the while to keeping his head in the position of ramener. 

 He will content himself with executing a single change 

 of hand, in order to go as well to the right hand as to 

 the left. The fourth or fifth day, the rider, before put- 

 ting his horse in motion, will make him commence some 

 slight flexions of the croup. 



Second lesson. Ten days o/ioorA;.— The first fifteen 

 minutes will be occupied in the stationary supplings, 

 comprising the flexions of the croup performed more 

 completely than in the preceding lesson ; then will begin 

 the backing. We will devote the other half of the lesson 

 to the moving straight ahead, once or twice taking the 

 trot at a very moderate pace. The rider during this 

 second part of the work, without ceasing to pay atten- 

 tion to the ramener, will yet commence light oppositions 

 of hands and legs, in order to prepare the horse to bear 

 the combined effects, and to give regularity to his paces. 

 We will also commence the changes of direction at a 

 walk, while preserving the ra?nener, and being careful 

 to make the head and neck always go first. 



Third lesson. Twelve days of work.— Six or eight 

 minutes only will at first be occupied in the stationary 

 flexions ; those of the hind-parts should be pushed to the 

 completion of the reversed pirouettes. We will continue 

 by the backing ; then all the rest of the lesson will be 

 devoted to perfecting the walk and the trot, commenc- 

 ing at this latter pace the changes of direction. The 

 rider will often stop the horse, and continue to watch 

 attentively the rarnener during the changes of pace or 

 direction. He will also commence the exercise de deux 

 pistes at a walk, as well as the rotation of the shoulders 

 around the haunches. 



