VOLTES AND PIROUETTES. 



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horse ; and In the pirouette the spurs 

 must act strongly in collecting the forces 

 of the croup, while the hand carries back 

 upon the hind quarters the point of bal- 

 ance of the weights and directs the move- 



is 

 ment. 



The spurs having collected the horse 

 act only to steady the croup, and in the 

 earlier lessons the outside spur will be 

 used to bring up the outside hind-leg as 

 the mass moves about the inner hind-leof 

 as a pivot. 



The voltes are made in exactly the 

 same manner, and by the same means, as 

 the changes of direction in traversing. 

 The position of the body of the horse, 

 with reference to the angle at each point 

 of the circumference, must be observed, 

 and while the forehand must be kept light. 



