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the rider will induce the action of the 

 passage by the pressure of the legs, 

 alternately as the horse raises the 

 opposite fore-leg, and by restraining 

 with the hand any increase of speed ; 

 then with the direct rein and opposite 

 leg the horse will be made to traverse,, 

 the high step of the passage being re- 

 tained in the movement by accentuating 

 the pressure of the opposite spur as the 

 horse raises the fore-leg on the side to 

 which he is passing. The heel of the 

 rider on the side to which the move- 

 ment tends will be used to keep the 

 horse up to the line, and to prevent, 

 the croup going over too far. The re- 

 sult should be a regularly cadenced 

 action, in which the horse dwells at 

 each step, the effect of the increased 



