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the inward leg, but which in this manoeuvre becomes the out- 

 ward one. There is no better exercise than this for keeping 

 the horse always straight and attentive ; because, by alternating 

 the demi-voltes and the counter-demi-voltes, it is impossible 

 for him to become " routined." 



Fig. 28. — Diagonal change of hand. 



There are three changes of hand. The most simple is the 

 diagonal chajige of hand, in which we go along one of the 

 diagonals of the school, on leaving the wall at the beginning of 

 one of the long sides. (Fig. 28.)* 



* If we start diagonally at the end of one of the long sides of the school, we 

 will cross the school from one angle to the other, without having changed the. 

 hand. 



