140 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



the horse should be brought to a half-halt, and if 

 the turn requires a change in the gallop (from right 

 to left or from left to right) the gallop change should 

 be effected when the half-halt is made, for it must 

 be borne in mind that in passing to the right the 

 gallop must be right, in passing to the left the 

 gallop must be left. 



For example, if the horse be in travcrs in the 

 gallop to the left, and it is desired to go back over 

 the same lines, in travers (or in renvei^s) left, at the 

 point where the turn is to be made the rider will 

 bring the horse to a half-halt, throw back the forces 

 to fix and hold the croup, carry the forehand about 

 to the left until the body of the horse is properly 

 placed with regard to the changed direction, and 

 resume the gallop left upon two paths back in 

 the direction whence the horse has come. Or, if 

 the horse be in the gallop left upon two parallel 

 paths, and it is desired to pass back in gallop right 

 over the same lines, the rider, upon coming to the 

 point where the change of direction is to be made, 

 will bring the horse to a half-halt, change from 

 gallop left to gallop right, throw back the forces to 

 fix and hold the croup, carry the forehand over to the 

 right so that the body of the horse will be properly 

 placed across the parallel paths, and pass to the 

 right, in travers (or in renvers) in the gallop right. 



