ioo Horse and Man. 



therefore be taught with great gentleness and 

 patience. But it is a position which must be 

 learnt ; because no horse which has not Jearnt 

 it can attempt, without imminent danger of 

 falling, to wheel or circle at the gallop or full 

 trot. Begin by circling the horse by the leg 

 alone, without assisting him by turning his 

 head in the opposite direction ; then turn his 

 head slightly to the right (or left) after every 

 step which he makes in that direction ; and 

 finally try to circle him completely in the 

 same position. 



When your horse circles easily on his fore- 

 hand with his head looking the right way, you 

 will have no difficulty in making him circle or 

 pirouette on his hind quarters. Collect him 

 at the halt, and close both legs as if to make 

 him step forward at a walk, at the same time 

 carrying his forehand to the right (or left) 

 by turning his head with the rein, and pre- 

 venting him from throwing out his haunches 

 the other way by applying the left (cr right) 

 leg behind the girths. Your legs, being now 

 required to keep the horse's hind quarters 

 motionless and not to shift them, must of 

 course be used with some degree of nicety, or 



