•80 HOW TO RIDE 



pressure of the rider's leg being to keep 

 the legs of the horse suspended for the 

 moment. But the croup must not be 

 driven over too far, and the equilibrium 

 must be observed. In traversing at the 

 passage the weight of the horse is, at 

 each cadence, sustained upon two legs 

 diagonally opposed, w^hile the other two 

 are carried beyond them in the direc- 

 tion of the movement — the shoulders 

 slightly in advance upon one path, the 

 croup in simultaneous actions following 

 another parallel path. At each step the 

 horse leaves the ground, and is for the 

 moment in the air. 



The traverse in the gallop may be 

 obtained by similar means. The horse 

 being put into the gallop on the direct 

 hue, and leading with the legs of the 



