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is not sufficiently suppled for this, and refuses to 

 move the croup to the right, the head of the horse 

 may, for the first few lessons, be turned to the left, 

 and the right shoulder be lightened in that way. 

 But the latter plan should only be adopted in case 

 there is difficulty in carrying the croup over ; as in 

 the reversed pirouette the head of the horse should 

 be slightly turned in the direction from whence the 

 croup comes, that is, in this case, to the right. Step 

 by step, the right heel held close to the side to 

 measure the effect of the opposite heel and to keep 

 the horse from volunteering a movement, the croup 

 will be carried to the right about the left fore-leg 

 as a pivot. In a short time the horse should 

 answer the application of the heel without the 

 support of the whip. In a similar manner the 

 horse should be made to carry the croup, about 

 the right fore-leg, to the left, when the right heel 

 and the whip will demand the movement, and the 

 left heel will support it. After the horse will pass 

 to the right or to the left, the rider should require 

 its head to-be bent in the direction of the moving 

 croup, so that the reversed pirouettes shall be com- 

 plete. That is, when the croup is moving to the 

 right the horse will look to the right, and when 

 the pirouette is made to the left the head will be 

 inclined to the left. (Fig. 14.) 



