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CHANGES OF LEG AT THE CANTER. 



As circus airs, the horse may be taught at each stride 

 (au temps or tac au tac) while advancing, and even without 

 gaining ground. The horse may then be vulgarly said to 

 dance the polka. In these movements, care has to be taken 

 to prevent him swinging his body from side to side. 



Among other airs which I may mention are the trot to 

 the rear, passage to the rear, and canter to the rear. 



A CIRCUS HIGH-SCHOOL ACT. 



As a specimen of high-school work I give the following 

 num-.'ro, which I saw M. James Fillis execute in the Circus 

 Renz at Hamburg on his famous high-school horse Germinal. 



1. Deux pistes au trot (passage at the trot) ; trot allongJ, 

 serpentine. 



2. Galop (canter) : deux pistes (at the passage), voltes 

 ordinaires (circles on the hind-quarters) et renvers 'es (on 

 the forehand) ; galop sur trois jambes, a droite et a gauche. 



3. Passage : piaffer ballot/. 



4. Galop : changements de pied a deux temps (change of 

 the leading leg at every second stride) en changeant de 

 main ; changements de pied a un temps ; allure mod.'rc'e, 

 ralentie sur place et au grand galop. 



5. Galop a gauche, sur place et en arriere. 



6. Galop a droite , sur place et en arriere sur trois jambes. 



7. Trot espagnol ordinaire a un temps. 



8. Trot espagnol nouveau a deux temps sur chaque jambe. 



9. Trot espagnol nouveau, alter natif a un et deux temps. 

 The serpentine is a passage at the trot of four steps to 



the left, four to the right, and so on ; or vice versa. In fact, 

 it is a successive counter-change of hand of four steps at a 

 time. In the piaffer ballot:, a step forward and a step 

 backward is alternately taken with one fore leg and the 

 opposite hind leg. 



