74 HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMEN. 



quired, and a pressure of the heel on the one side, or 

 of the crop on the other, will prevent an intended 

 movement of the croup, while by the rein against the 

 neck you move the forehand to the one side or to the 

 other. In wheeling to the left it is the left hind-foot, 

 and to the right the right hind-foot, which serves as a 

 pivot. If your horse is stiff and clumsy in this exer- 

 cise it will probably be because you have not got him 

 together, with his hind-legs well under him, but at best 

 you will probably find him less supple on one side than 

 the other. Begin by moving the forehand but one step 

 at a time, keeping your horse calm, so that he may not 

 wound one foot with the other, holding your own per- 

 son motionless, and gradually accustoming him to slight 

 and delicate effects of hand, heel, and whip, so that he 

 may to a by-stander appear to move of his own volition. 



The piste (literally " trail " or " track") in the French 

 manege is an imaginary circle lying three feet distant 

 from the wall; which imaginary line, however, becomes 

 in practice a well-defined path, which the horse soon 

 learns to follow with little guidance from his rider. To 

 go, then, "on two pistes" is to cause the horse to ad- 

 vance with his body placed obliquely, so that the hind- 

 feet move on a different line from the fore -feet. In 

 the cut the horse is shown directly across the piste. 



The passage is a side movement without advancing. 

 By it the cavalry close up their ranks, and to a civilian 

 it is useful in many ways. Both of these movements 

 you are now able to execute at pleasure. 



