5 8 Horse and Man. 



leg. And in all circles at the halt let your 

 hands carefully restrain him from stepping for- 

 ward, while the instantaneous closing of both 

 legs must prevent him from reining back. 



When you can circle or pirouette your 

 horse quickly and smartly, yet with perfect 

 accuracy, you may try the passage or side step. 

 For this purpose you have only to get your 

 horse well in hand at a halt, and then, alter- 

 nately turning his head aside by the rein and 

 pressing his opposite flank with the leg, induce 

 him to shift alternately his fore and hind legs 

 in the opposite direction. The outer rein is 

 to assist the leg by pressing the neck so as to 

 lead off the forehand, and the inner leg is to 

 stop the croup if it traverses too rapidly. The 

 horse will soon comprehend the movement 

 which he is required to execute, and will, un- 

 der the simple pressure of the outward leg 

 assisted by the feeling of the inward rein, 

 begin to step sideways by crossing his fore 

 and hind legs simultaneously and not alter- 

 nately. 



You may now, if you choose to amuse 

 yourself by doing so, practise at a trot the 

 same movements which you have learned to 



