48 NOTES ON EQUITATION 



liaunches set diagonally develops rapid progress in young 

 liorses.** 



** After the young horses have been sufficiently trained to 

 execute two-track movements for several steps and the 

 instructor desires to have such movements discontinued 

 simultaneously, he commands: ^'As you tvere." 

 In order to study the progress and faults of the individual 

 horse and rider the instructor causes members of the 

 squad to execute in succession a given movement by 

 the use of the preliminary command: Fin^f Trooper. 

 Thus, with the squad marching on the diagonal of the hall 

 the instructor commands — 



1. First Trooper. 2. Haunches rights in time to add 3. 

 MARCH, when the leading trooper is at about six yards 

 from the track. Each trooper in succession executes the 

 movement on the same ground and the instructor places 

 himself where he can closelv observe details. 



