PART III.— LA HAUTE ECOLE. 

 THE HIGH SCHOOL OF HORSEMANSHIR 



ORNAMENTAL MOVEMENTS. 



THE PASSAGE— THE PIAFF—THE SPANISH MARCH— THE 



SPANISH TROT— THE PESADE—THE CROUPADE— 



THE BOLOTADE—THE CAPRIOLE. 



The Passage and the Piaff are very graceful 

 brilliant trots, and they may or may not be of value 

 in perfecting the training of the horse — depending 

 upon the manner in which they are taught. The 

 Spanish Step, in walk and in trot, belongs rather to 

 the circus-ring, but it is very greatly admired, and 

 is usually taught to school horses. That it tends 

 to destroy the lightness and balance of the horse 

 cannot be doubted ; and I should never teach it to a 

 horse from which I expected a perfect passage step. 

 The ' high airs ' of the manege, the Pesade, the 

 Curvet, the Croupade, the Bolotade, and the Cap- 

 riole, are very effective ; and I was formerly of the 

 opinion that they had their uses in confirming the 



