the croup to swerve, because it cannot go forward, notwithstanding its acquired impulsion. But if, at the moment when the animal yields his head and neck to the pull of the right rein, we slacken the hand, while supporting the legs, we thereby force the right leg to take a pace as long as usual, and shall consequently avoid the period of arrest, by obliging the croup to follow the shoulders.

The rider can thus straighten the croup when it swerves in turning, and can do it easily, because he feels to what side the swerve is made, and consequently knows which leg to employ. As we do not know to which side the deviation of the croup may be made, we would run a great risk of making a mistake, if we were to say in advance what leg we ought to employ.

The question of using the outward or inward leg in turning has been greatly discussed. The old school recommended the inward leg, because they said that it helped the turning movement. Baucher maintained, on the contrary, that we ought to use the outward leg, so as to prevent the hind quarters being swung round to the outside.

The practice of Baucher has been generally adopted. The old teachers were wrong. They said that to turn to the right, the rider had to bring the animal's shoulders to the right by feeling the right rein, and to push the hind quarters to the left by the right leg. This is lateral equitation in all its beauty. But they did not take into consideration the fact that the direction, not only of the shoulders, but of the entire horse, had to be changed, and that consequently the animal should remain straight.

The following is the simple solution of this problem. We should apply an equal pressure of both legs. Then, if the horse swings his hind-quarters round to one side, we can keep them straight by the pressure of the outward leg. The hind-quarters ought to follow the track of the