VOLTES AND PIROUETTES. 95 



will turn upon the right hind-leg, and 

 the left hind-leg will be brought up 

 to help sustain the weight. 



Although travershig and the voltes 

 prepare the horse for the pirouette, it 

 is well to give him some lessons 

 peculiar to the movement, in the fol- 

 lowing manner. Bringing the horse 

 parallel to a wall, so that he may 

 not move his hind-quarters away from 

 his ground, the rider will, step by 

 step, bring the fore-hand about the 

 croup as a pivot by drawing the direct 

 snaffle -rein, and steadying the horse 

 with the opposite rein of the eame 

 bit. The inside heel will be kept 

 close to the flank of the horse, and 

 the outer heel will be used to make 

 the outer hind-leg keep up to its 



