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GUIDANCE AND CONTROL. 



obliquely to the direction in which he has to proceed, and 

 his head is turned towards that direction, in order to give 

 more freedom of movement to the outward fore leg (the 

 left when going to the right, and vice versa), and to place 

 more weight on the inward legs than on the outward ones, 

 to aid which object the rider should lean a little towards 

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

 inward stirrup than on the outward stirrup. The reins will 



Fig. 203. Passage to the right. 



Fig. 203. Passage to the right. 



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

 passage at a walk to the right (Figs. 203 and 2030), 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. 203) ; because at that instant the off hind is 

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

 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, 



