REVERSED PIROUETTE. Ill 



haunches yield to the pressure of the leg, 

 the rider, to cause the perfect equilibrium 

 of the horse, will immediately draw upon 

 the rein opposite to this leg. The motion 

 of this, slight at first, will be progressively 

 increased until the head is inclined to the 

 side towards which the croup is moving, 

 as if to look at it coming. (Plate XIY.) 



To make this movement understood, I 

 will add some explanations, the more im- 

 portant as they are applicable to all the 

 exercises of horsemanship. 



The horse, in all his movements, cannot 

 preserve a perfect and constant equilibrium, 

 without a combination of opposite forces, 

 skilfully managed by the rider. In the re- 

 versed pirouette, for example, if when the 

 horse has yielded to the pressure of the leg, 

 we continue to oppose the rein on the same 

 side as this leg, it is evident that we will 

 shoot beyond the mark, since we will be 



