quiet ; for we are going to require from him two times, one after the other ; because one time will not be a school movement, and will not give him any indication.

I exert a very light pressure of the right leg, which causes the horse to raise his right hind leg, as if to make a side step to the left, but at the moment this leg comes close to the left hind, and before it is placed on the ground, a pressure of my left leg pushes it back into its place, and at the same time makes the horse raise his left hind, which he places by the side of the right hind, as if he were taking a side step to the right.

If the rider does not catch with precision the moment when the horse is going to put down his right leg, this leg will touch the ground without the rider having pushed it back to the right by the action of his left leg. Under these conditions, the right leg of the horse will be placed quite close to his left leg, and they will not be sufficiently separated for him to make a small rocking movement.

The rider should be content with these two first steps until the horse does them very steadily, and then he should demand them the reverse way, namely, from left to right. He should wait until later on to do four, and should increase the number gradually. I recommend the breaker not to try to obtain a great separation of the feet before the horse rocks in a very regular manner.

The spur has to be used, in order to obtain as great a separation as possible, so to give more vigour to the movement.

When rocking the haunches, the horse has a natural tendency to carry his head low, which at first I allow him to do to a certain extent, because he will thus lighten the hind quarters. As soon as he knows the work, I make him hold his head in the position which a school horse should always do.^[1]