STATIONARY EXERCISE. 127 



it in a perpendicular position with the snaffle, 

 and with the curb-reins. 



Hind-parts. 3. Lateral flexions, and mov- 

 ing the croup around the shoulders. 



4. Rotation of the shoulders around the 

 haunches. 



5. Combining the play of the fore and 

 hind legs of the horse, or backing. 



I have placed the rotation of the shoul- 

 ders around the haunches in the nomencla- 

 ture of stationary exercise. But the ordi- 

 nary pivoting, or pirouette, being a pretty 

 complicated movement, and a difficult one 

 for the horse, he should not be completely 

 exercised in it until he has acquired the 

 measured time of the walk, and of the trot, 

 and can easily execute the changes of direc- 

 tion. 



