48 HORSE GYMNASTICS. 



rotate, first the one foot and then the 

 other, from the ankle joint, with an out- 

 ward and then an inward movement. The 

 improvement in this exercise may be 

 measured by the facility with which the 

 pupil can gain his stirrups by the action 

 of the feet only. 



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Standing at the shoulder of the horse, 

 facing the near side, with the left hand 

 seize a lock of the mane close to the crest, 

 the hairs passing down through the hand, 

 the thumb uppermost. 



With the right hand grasp the pommel 

 of the saddle, the fingers under the tree, 

 the thumb extended towards the ground. 



Leave the ground with a spring and 



