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the inward side, and will therefore place more weight on the 

 inward stirrup than on the outward stirrup. The reins will 

 also be used to prevent the animal going forward. In the 

 passage at a walk to the right (Figs. 202 and 203), the 

 rider should give the impulsion with his drawn-back left foot 

 at the moment the animal places his near fore on the 

 ground (Fig. 102) ; because at that instant the off hind is 

 on the point of coming down, and the near hind can then 



Fig. 203. Passage to the right. 



Fig. 202. Passage to the right. 



be picked up and brought in front of the off hind. It is 

 much better for the rider to take the time of giving this 

 indication from a fore leg, which he can closely observe, 

 than from a hind one, the movements of which are hidden 

 from his view. The pressure of the left leg, to be effective, 

 should be reserved as a signal for the near hind, and conse- 

 quently should not be continuous. The near fore leg will 

 cross the off fore leg (Fig. 202), because the head is bent to 

 the right ; more weight is placed on the off fore than on the 



