92 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



be kept light, the croup must be allowed 

 freedom to move upon its path, until 

 in the pirouette it is fixed by the forces 

 of the fore-hand. 



If it be desired to make a pirouette 

 from the gallop, the stride must be 

 shortened and the forces collected be- 

 tween hand and legs. At some finished 

 step of the hind-quarters the fore-hand 

 will be brought back to destroy the 

 forward impetus, and as the horse rises 

 he will be turned to the side with which 

 he leads in the gallop. But there must 

 be a momentary rest, and the balance 

 must be obtained before the pirouette 

 is made. By a trained horse in the 

 hands of a skilled rider all this may 

 be done so quickly and so smoothly 

 that the different steps may hardly be 



