26 PARK RIDING. 



To drop and recomr reins in the canter. 



Keep the arms down and drop the reins ; to 

 recover them again, take them up with the right 

 hand, draw them into the bridle hand through 

 the fingers to the proper length. A lady ought 

 to be able to do this without looking. 



To passage in the canter. 

 Use your horse to perform this action, which is 

 crossing from one side of a road to the other by a 

 side movement of the horse displaying one of the 

 greatest beauties of horsemanship, for to passage 

 well is a test of great skill in the art. When you 

 passage from right to left, use your whip on the 

 right side, when from left to right, use your heel; 

 the horse will always look upon the ground he is 

 passing over. Draw the right rein a little out with 

 the right hand, to allow you to use both hands, 

 the inner hand the lowest, the other about twelve 

 inches higher. Mind your balance, bend shoulder 

 and hip in the way the horse is passaging, and 

 look on the ground he goes over. 



