CIRCLING ON THE HAUNCHES. 217 



"The leg opposite to the one which presses 

 the ' hind quarters' to circle round the 'fore/ must 

 be kept close to the horse, to assist in keeping him in 

 his place, by communicating a forward impulse, whilst 

 the other leg communicates the impulse, which makes 

 a horse step from right to left, or left to right ; and 

 in order that the pressure of the one, shall not coun- 

 teract the effect of the other, the leg applied to make 

 the horse step to either hand, should be further be- 

 hind the girth, than the leg used to keep him up to 

 hand. Both legs should be close to the horse's sides 

 at all times, the pressure on either side should be in- 

 creased, as occasion requires. In circling to the other 

 hand, vice versa." 



CIRCLING ON THE HAUNCHES. 



*- " By circling the horse on the ' fore-hand/ you 

 have taught him, on applying the leg, to move his 

 haunches to either hand, and as he has thus learnt 

 to obey the leg, you can, by making use of it, pre- 

 vent him from moving his hind legs, to the right or 

 left, and can now teach him to circle on them." 



To "circle on the haunches right about;" bend 

 the horse's head a little to the right with the bit ; 

 pass the right hand over to the near snaffle rein, 

 apply the left leg as far behind the girth as possible, 

 to keep the haunches steady ; make the horse step 

 to the right, by feeling the outward snaffle rein, and 

 passing at the same time both hands a little to the 

 right, keep the horse up to hand, with the inward leg. 



At first the horse must be halted, and made 

 much of, three or four times during each turn, 



* Training of Cavalry Remount Horses by Captain Nolan. 



