VOLTES AND PIROUETTES, i8i 



to give him some lessons peculiar to the 

 movement, in the following manner. Bring- 

 ing 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 forehand about the croup as a 

 pivot by drawing the direct snaffle-rein, 

 and steadying the horse with the opposite 

 rein of the same 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 place as the 

 moving mass changes its proper position. 

 If the movement be around to the left, 

 the left snaffle-rein will demand the move- 

 ment,, and the right snaffle-rein will steady 

 the horse. As the forehand completes the 

 change, the right heel of the rider will 

 bring up the right hind-leg of the horse. 



