94 SCHOOL-TKAINING FOR HOESES. 



le^ will be effected, and the horse^ 

 balanced for the new movement, will 

 make the volte in the new direction. 

 As the circles of the volte decrease 

 in size, the spurs will collect more 

 strongly the forces of the croup, and 

 the hand will carry back further the 

 point of balance, so that the fore- 

 hand may be lightened. As the move- 

 ment approaches the pirouette the 

 outside spur will gradually cease to 

 aid in the turning, leaving the hand 

 to carry the balanced mass about the 

 pivot. 



In the pirouette the horse takea 

 his weight and turns upon the inner 

 hind-leg, and the outer hind-leg is 

 brought up in support. That is, if 

 the pirouette be to the right the horse 



