By frequent repetition we can soon make a horse take a step or two in the rotation of his croup, without putting his right fore on the ground, and little by little we can make him do the complete pirouette in this manner. We ought, during the entire time, to maintain a fairly strong pressure of the opposite leg, so as to keep the horse up to his bridle and prevent him getting behind his bit. To be in a good position, the horse should have his head and neck high, and his neck slightly bent to the right. The action of the right snaffle rein is necessary to make this bend, and to help in keeping the right leg in the air.

We use the reversed means to obtain the pirouette from right to left, with extension of the left leg.

The difficulty is to keep the right leg extended ; the equilibrium on the three legs being sufficiently secure to allow the horse to maintain this position, and to move his hind quarters round the left fore foot, which forms a pivot and does not shift out of its place.

In the pirouette from left to right, we should carry the hands to the left, while lightly feeling the right reins, so as to put the weight of the forehand on the left shoulder. In the pirouette from right to left, the right foot is the pivot, and consequently we should carry the hands to the right, and feel the left reins, so that the right leg, in its turn, will bear the weight of the forehand, and thus allow the left leg to be raised.

REVERSED AND ORDINARY PIROUETTES WITH THE FEET CROSSED.

The reversed pirouette with the fore feet crossed is done in the same manner as the reversed pirouette on three legs, except that the fore legs, instead of being successively extended in the air, rest on the ground, and become crossed while the horse turns.