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this goes, the primary section of the right posterior 

 hne crosses the right (free) hind-leg to the left. 

 The right hind-foot being put down, the alternate 

 Tight-left line forms and the primary section of the 

 right anterior line passes the left fore-foot across 

 to the right * 



The whole movement may be strengthened by 

 the right spur, increasing the working of the right 

 posterior line. 



If the horse be in progressive motion, the right 

 hind-leg will, we think, be found the first to reach 

 ihe ground ; if he be stationary, he will hdck some- 

 what on the right hind-foot, thus holding that part 

 of the left-right counteracting lines undischarged, 

 while the alternate right anterior moves the fore- 

 foot, and, as it developes, discharges the old line 

 (§ 171), which last crosses the right hind-leg. 



Second. — When the right fore and left hind- 

 feet having just landed, the left rein is drawn. As 

 in the previous paragraph, a' and a'^ are about 

 forming in the bicomposite spine, but pressure of 

 ihe bit on the left side of the jaw will hinder the 



♦ These crossings are thus both body movements, the left fore-leg 

 being forced back under the influence of the front C of the ribs. The 

 ■distinction between this, which is a trotting movement, and the cross- 

 ing of the fore-leg in " passage" (§214), which is a pacing movement, will 

 he noticed. 



