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SCHOOL BREAKING. 



The passage is not alone useful in itself for enabling a 

 side movement to be made, without the necessity for turning 

 the horse round ; but when executed at the canter, it is a 

 valuable practice for teaching the horse to lead off and 

 change his leg in a well-balanced manner at that pace. 



The English term, passage, must not be confused with 



Tig. 1 1 8. Passage to the right. 



the French one, which is written in the same way, and 

 which is a short and lofty trot (see page 267). 



THE PASSAGE WITH HEAD TO WALL. 



We may obtain the passage by gradually converting the 

 straightforward advance into a side movement by the aids. 

 Thus, when going round the school to the left at a walk, we 

 may check, to a certain extent, the forward movement by the 

 reins, and place the horse in an oblique direction to the track 



