] 14 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



parts, and by keeping separated those con- 

 tractions we have yet to combat. 



The leg of the rider opposite to that 

 which determines the rotation of the croup, 

 must not be kept off during the movement, 

 but remain close to the horse and keep him 

 in place, while giving from the rear forward 

 an impulse which the other leg communi- 

 cates from right to left, or from left to right. 

 There will thus be one force which keeps 

 the horse in position, and another which 

 determines the rotation. In order that the 

 pressure of the two legs should not counter- 

 act one another, and in order to be able to 

 use them both together, the leg intended to 

 move the croup will be placed farther be- 

 hind the girths than the other, which will 

 remain held with a force equal to that of 

 the leg which determines the movement. 

 Then the action of the legs will be distinct, 

 the one bearing from right to left, the other 



