ORDINARY PIROUETTE. 117 



can, consequently, execute ordinary pirou- 

 ettes.* For this purpose he will take a snaffle- 

 rein in each hand, one to direct the neck 

 and shoulders towards the side to which we 

 wish to wheel, the other to second the op- 

 posite leg, if it be not sufficient to keep 

 the croup still. At the beginning, this leg 

 should be placed as far back as possible, 

 and not be used until the haunches bear 

 against it. By careful and progressive man- 

 agement the results will soon be attained. 

 At the start, the horse should be allowed to 



* " The pirouette is executed on the fore or hind legs, 

 by making the horse turn round upon himself, in such a 

 way, that the leg on the side he is going, acts as a pivot, 

 and is the principal support around which the other 

 three legs move." JSaucher's Dictionnaire d' Equitation. 



Pirouettes are either ordinary or reversed. In the 

 ordinary pirouette, one of the hind legs is the pivot on 

 which the horse moves ; in the reversed, one of the fore 

 legs. TRANSLATOR. 



