110 NEW METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



The principle is the same as for the preceding perform 

 ance ; with a perfect rassembler^ the hind legs will find 

 themselves so brought under the centre, that by raising 

 the fore-hand, the movement of the hocks can only be an 

 upward one. This performance, though easily executed 

 with a powerful horse, ought not to be attempted with 

 one not possessing this quality. 



12. Changing feet every step, each time of the gallop 

 being done on a different leg. 



In order to practise this difficult performance, the 

 horse ought to be accustomed to execute perfectly, and 

 as frequently as possible, changing feet at the touch. 

 Before .attempting these changes of feet every step, we 

 ought to have brought him to execute this movement at 

 every other step. Everything depends upon his aptness, 

 and above all, on the intelligence of the rider ; with this 

 latter quality, there is no obstacle that is not to be sur- 

 mounted. To execute this performance with the desira* 

 ble degree of precision, the horse should remain light, 

 and perserve the same degree of action ; the rider, on 

 his part, should also avoid roughly inclining the horse's 

 fore-hand to one side or the other. 



13. Ovdim2iYY pirouettes on thr^Q legs, the foreleg on 

 the side towards which we are turning : remaining in the 

 air during the whole time of the movement. 



Ordinary pirouettes should be familiar to a horse 

 broken after my method, and I have above shown the 

 means to make him hold up one of his fore feet. If these 

 two movements are well executed separately, it will be 

 easy to connect them in a single performance. After 

 having disposed the horse for the pirouette^ we will pre- 

 pare the mass in such a way as to raise the fore leg ; this 

 once in the air, we will throw the weight on the part 

 opposite to the side towards which we wish to turn, by 



