The morning call., 1892-11-20

Group one step TO the left. He will be apt
TO move his right forefoot as well, but by
little play upon the bit and patience in re-
pealing the lesson you will soon have him
so that he will keep 1t fixed, while with
each tap of the whip the other three
feet Will move one step around the pivot
thus formed. You should then reverse this
process. and cause him to move the Group
and right forefoot around the left forefoot.
As your reins are in your left hand your
left heel must take the place OF the whip in
tapping his flank. and IL you are in a side
saddle this is not easy, but of course you
must suggest your OWN remedy for that
difficulty. In any case press your heel as
horse will soon learn the lesson. Don't go
too fast in teaching him. II is we'll to give
plenty of time to each lesson. Look
ont Tor his feet, and do not hurry
him In this lesson lest he bring down one
iron shoe against the coronet of the other
moor and thus get bad wound. This exer-
else Is sometimes called the pirouette re-
vensee. but in the real pirouette the horse,
using one hind leg as pivot, walks the
other three around it, as shown in the Illus
tfation. You have to keep the pivotal leg
immovable, as in the preceding lesson,
while you turn the forehand, i. e., head and
shoulders, TO right CT left. You can, after
little practice. keep the Group still by
pressure OF whip or heel. and after few
lessons you will have him so we'll trained
and supplied that he will respond with the
graceful prouette to your slightest signal
for il.
Going on deux pistes is merely going on
two trails or pathways-the horse advan ces
"broadside 0n"-or with his body obliQuely
across the way on which he is travelling so
that fore and hind feet travel different
lines. Ii you mark out two such lines and
place the horse across them you can, by
little practice. combining he two maneuvers
above outlined, soon get him to follow the
as In this country most horses do, he
guides by the neck" or bridlewise, you
can move him deuX Distes by light press
ure on neck and flank, and the movements
both beautiful and useful. Ii gives horse
good control over his feet. so that he is far
less apt 10 slip, or to cut himself, in any
sudden side movement.
In this matter of jumping, to which the
foregoing form useful preliminaries, you
have yourself to train and control as well as
the horse.
Most horses would jump naturally, and
rather like ft than otherwise, were il not
that the artificial life to which they are sub
Jccted acts greatly TO subdue their natural
tendencies, and 10 make them cautious and
tlmid about any new undertaking. There
fore. horse unused to jumping must be
brought to II by degrees. Do not put up a
bar in an open field and take him over it,
for he will readily discover that it is only an
artificial obstacle put in his way, and will
want to 60 around it, and grow sulky if not
allowed TO do so. Let ii be across gate
way, or opening In the fence, and do
not take him back to try it again from the
other side. but by some roundabout way
letting him come up 10 1t again from the
side on which he first tried it. Ii made to
90 back and forth over it he realizes the
apparent aimleSsness OF the proceeding and
may refuse to comply with request which
he thinks is only to make fool of himself.
Let the bar lie on the ground or barely
high enough at first for him TO step over,
and do not lose patience ii lie refuses, or
you may sour his temper forever, as far as
jumping is concerned. If he goes over all
right pat and praise him-if he sheers off
bring him back and coax him over some
way, and having got him over reward him
and ask no more OF him then in that line.
When, however. he will cross the bar all
right and freely, raise it little higher (but
do not let him see you do it, and bring him
up 10 1t after little canter, first at a walk,
then at tror, and finally, at gallop, when
he has become accustomed To il. If you
can arrange the bar so that he Jumps il lust
as he is nearing home, so much the better,
but be sure the ground where he is TO lump
Is not too hard. Have your bar about two
feet high say for ut least a month after he
has lost all fear of il, and takes it naturally
whenever he approaches it. showing by his
longer or shorter stride as he comes up TO
mat ne anticipates the leap and allows for
IL. linen raise the Tar, bnt in all cases
have 1t so arranged that if he strikes il
with his feet it will fall, and not present an
immovable obstacle that may throw him
down and frighten II not seriously hurt
him. After while he will get so that his
eve takes an accurate measurement of the
height he must jump, and he leaps accord
ingly. II you could have some assistance
IN these initial lessons, and have the bar
raised few inches each time just as he is
making the leap, he will hit his hind feet
once or twice, and after that will form the
very good habit Of leaping a little higher
than is necessary TO clear all obstacles.
After months practice at the height
mentioned you can begin gradually to raise
the bar until, by & series of carefully grad
uated lessons, you finally reach his limit in