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§ 214. Passage. — So-called in the United States 

 and in the English Cavalry Tactics — (French, Ap- 

 pui — German, Schliessen, Half and Full Travers).* 



Taking from the tables §§ 206, 207, the rules 

 that the rotary elements of the anterior lines in 

 each of the three " spines" act by their secondary 

 sections in connection with the lower jaw on its 

 outer bearings, to throw the limbs outward from 

 the central line of the body ; while the posterior 

 lines act with the lower jaw on its inner beariQg 

 by their primary sections, to throw them inward 

 across the central Hne, we should explain the 

 "Passage " in the following way : 



The horse is placed as if for progressive move- 

 ment on a pair of diagonal appuis — say on the 

 right fore and left hind-legs, the head is then 

 confined by drawing the right rein, so that the 

 (working) left head condyle cannot actually dis- 

 charge. The left spur, in the next place, bringing 

 into action the left posterior line, raises the left 

 hind-foot and forces down its right fellow. The 

 formation of this line would be a part of movement 

 forward on the right hind-foot, which its comple- 

 ment the right anterior line not being formed, the 



* The " Passage " proper is not the same, but a sort of " Mark-time " 

 in the trot. 



