44 SCHOOL-TEAINING FOR HOBSES. 



necessary to keep him light in front 

 and to use a gentle pressure of the 

 rider's leg as the animal raises the 

 opposite fore-leg and its diagonally 

 disposed hind-leg to sustain the 

 movement. 



The piaffer is useful in rendering the 

 horse light, and in putting him in a 

 position from which he can make any 

 movement with great celerity and pre- 

 cision, as he will be ready to advance, 

 to retreat, or to traverse to either hand 

 without further preparation. 



This is a movement difficult to con- 

 trol, and the equilibrium is of the 

 highest importance. It should not be 

 undertaken until the horse is quite per- 

 fect in the passage, and has been taught 

 to back with ease and lightness. 



