48 SCHOOL-TEAINING FOE, HORSES. 



a few inches to the rear of the position 

 they would take in the piaffer in place. 

 The increased tension upon the reins 

 should cease the moment the impulse 

 to the rear has been given, to be felt in 

 the same way at the next step of the 

 other pair of legs. The spurs will keep 

 up the action of the piaffer, and prevent 

 too precipitate a retreat. When it is 

 desired to go forward the hand will yield 

 at some cadence of the movement, and 

 the increased pressure of the heels mil 

 carry forward the raised legs of the 

 balanced horse. 



In this, as in all other movements, the 

 rider should sit quietly upon his horse, 

 so carrying his hands and legs that his 

 motions in applying the aids shall be 

 almost imperceptible. It detracts greatly 



