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the same manner, rlMit and left aids beino- inter- 

 changed. 



Renvei^s is, as I have said, precisely the same 

 movement as travej's, and is produced by the same 

 means, the distinction being that in the changes 

 of direction the croup follows the outside path of 

 greater circumference, while the forehand on the 

 inner lesser circumference is retained so that the 

 body of the horse will hold its proper position with 

 regard to the two parallel paths at every point of 

 the turn. If a horse moving upon two paths, its 

 head bent in the direction of the movement, have 

 its croup to the wall, it is said to be in renvers ; if 

 it have the head to the wall, it is in travers : if, in 

 changing direction, the croup follows the outer 

 circumference, it is in 7'envers ; if the forehand 

 follow the outer circumference at the turns, it is in 

 tj^avers. In renvers and in travers, as in shoulder- 

 in, the accentuated action of the rider's heel or leg 

 that demands the movement should be given as the 

 opposite fore-leg of the horse is being extended, to 

 support the action of the fore-leg and hasten the 

 action of its diagonally disposed hind-leg, and so to 

 prepare the horse for the side movements upon two 

 paths in the united trot and in the passage, and the 

 impulses so produced should be met by both reins. 

 That is, in passing to the right the accentuated 



