MOBILIZATIONS MOUNTED 



head to the left, while the rider's left leg pushes the 

 hind quarters to the right. The movement begins 

 by the lifting of the left hind foot and its movement 

 toward the right in front of the right hind foot. 

 Thereupon, the right hind foot also shifts toward 

 the right, and the first step is made. Repetition 

 of these effects continues the movement, which, 

 however, cannot proceed beyond four steps. The 

 reversed pirouette from right to left is obtained by 

 the same means, reversed. 



If at first the horse does not understand the 

 pressure of the rider's legs, the whip is used to 

 augment their effect, by repeated contact near the 

 leg. Very soon the horse learns to obey the pressure 

 of the leg alone. 



As soon as the horse executes the reversed 

 pirouette calmly and correctly by the lateral effect, 

 the rider asks the same movement by the direct 

 effect. For this, the horse is held "in hand" either 

 by the two snaffle reins or by those of the curb, but 

 not by all four. The rider's left leg then asks the 

 rotation of the haunches toward the right, while 

 the right leg urges the horse forward. (Figure 17.) 

 Finally, comes the same movement from right to 

 left. 



For the direct pirouette, the horse, being always 

 "in hand," has to pivot on a hind foot, while the 

 fore part of the body circles, let us say, from right 

 to left. For this, first of all, the right fore foot lifts, 

 crosses over in front of the left, and comes to the 



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