52 HORSEMANSHIP FOE WOMEN. 



LESSON XI. 



TO MOVE THE CROUP WITH HEEL AND W r HIP {PIROUETTE 



RENVERSEE). 



Hating your horse light in hand and light on foot 

 (that is to sa} T , as we have before explained, with his 

 face perpendicular, the bit held lightly, and his weight 

 well supported on his hind-legs), tap him on the right 

 flank with your whip or "crop' till he moves the 

 croup one step to the left. Your great difficulty will 

 be to prevent him from moving his right fore -foot, 

 which by careful play of the bit you must endeavor 

 to keep fixed to the ground, while at each tap of the 

 whip the other three feet move one step around it. 

 "When this lesson has been satisfactorily learned, pro- 

 ceed to teach in like manner the movement of croup 

 to the right, pivoting on the left fore-foot, substituting, 

 however, for the tap of the whip a pressure with the 

 left heel, applied as far behind the girth as possible. 



Should he not understand this pressure, interpret it 

 to him with the whip. As long as there seems to be 

 any mental effort required on his part, pause after each 

 step to caress and praise him. Be careful to keep him 



