no ORDINARY RIDING. 



of the horse's breast, holds both the whip and the off rein, for 

 which the withers act as a pulley (Fig. 40). The horse will 

 then make the direct flexion. I then try to obtain the 

 beginning of the right lateral flexion by raising the head by 

 means of slight upward jerks on the curb, and by pressing 

 the head to the right, while at the same time I make the 

 croup give way by working the whip from left to right. 



Fig. 40, — Diagonal effects in rotation of croup and shoulders. 



Finally, I increase these effects, until the yielding of the neck, 

 jaw and ci'oup is complete. 



I thus succeed in making the horse pivot, while I do the 

 complete lateral flexion. 



I purposely use the word " pivot," which expresses my idea 

 in an incomplete manner, but which accurately describes 

 Baucher's method of doing this rotation. In fact, during the 

 rotation of the croup, according to his plan, the forehand 



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