CHANGES OF DIRECTION. 



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The demi-volte is made in the middle of one of the small 

 sides of the school. As it finishes on two tracks, we should 

 not ask the horse to do it before teaching him to move on 

 two tracks, which I will explain further on. (Fig. 27). 



Whatever may be the pace at which the demi-volte is 



Fig. 26. — Volte. 



made, the shoulders should be the first to leave, and to 

 arrive at, the wall ; that is to say, the horse should always 

 remain on an oblique line. The demi-volte is usually done in 

 a very incorrect manner. Nothing is rarer than a well- 

 executed demi-volte. 



It often happens that the rider uses his outward leg too 



