AXD SCHOOL A HORSE. 79 



In producing the action of the passage 

 in the direct line, the hand and spur of 

 the side of the moving hind-leg act in 

 concert to induce the high action and the 

 momentary rest ; but in traversing the 

 rein upon the side to which the horse 

 moves must be used to lead him on the 

 path, and both the increased action and 

 the momentary rest must be caused by 

 the opposite spur giving the impulse at 

 each step of the leading fore-leg and its 

 diagonal hind-leg, while the non-action of 

 the other spur aids to give the eflfect 

 of that momentary rest which in the 

 straight line must be actually brought 

 about by the rein acting against the 

 spur. 



The traverse in the gallop may be 

 obtained by means similar to those 



