MOUNTED INSTRUCTION 



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movement directed. Each sliould choose his gTound so as to avoid 

 interfering" with his neighbors. 



Marching upon fixed points and upon a designated objective: The 

 instructor also exercises tlie riders in riding horses at a designated 

 g"ait upon a distant object. This exercise is begun as soon as possible 

 and is continued (hiring- the whole course of instruction and combined 

 progressively with the jumping of obstacles and the use of arms. To 

 assist in the earlier phrases of this instruction distinctive marks are 

 placed on the walls of the riding hall or outside the rectangle to serve 

 as points of direction. Proficiency in this exercise is essential to the 

 satisfactory execution of collective movements, and instruction in it 

 must be correspondingly thorough. 



Circling: The riders being on the track at the command IN CIR- 

 CLE the leader, followed by the other drivers rides on a circle between 

 two tracks, radius 6 yards. 



At the command TAKE THE TRACK, the leader takes the track 

 to the hand toward which he is marching, and is followed by the other 

 riders. 



BY THREES— BY THE RIGHT (LEFT) FLANK 



The riders being in column on 

 the track, on the right hand. At 

 the command of execution 

 (March), the three riders at the 

 head of the column each make an 

 individual turn to the right of 

 ninety degrees; they then march 

 on a straight line across the hall ; 

 succeeding threes continue the 

 march and turn to the right on the 

 same ground traversed by the 

 corresponding numbers of the 

 leading three. Upon reaching the 

 individually '. turn to the right, 

 far side of the hall the threes 

 marching in column on the track 

 to the right hand. In marching 

 across the hall the riders exercise 

 care to keep their alignment and 

 to preserve the distances and 

 intervals, number two of each 

 three being the guide. While thus 

 formed the instructor may cause 

 all gaits. Satisfactory execution 

 of this work requires that each 

 rider shall keep his place exactly 

 with reference to the others, and 

 that the movements shall be exe- 

 cuted with precision and unison. 



