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airs ; and while I think that the education of all 

 horses should be brought as far as is described in 

 Part II., I do not think that anything beyond that 

 is necessary. 



The movement that Is usually called the Passage, 

 in which the unbalanced horse has hieh forward 

 action in the forehand and low langfuid action in 

 the hind-quarters, is nothing more than an im- 

 poverished Spanish trot. Nor is the so-called 

 piaff, with similar action, any more than a sort of 

 dance step, that has but little resemblance to the 

 true piaff. 



The Passage is the united trot developed, the 

 union and balance being as perfect as is consistent 

 with the very slow forward motion. It is a series 

 of springs from each pair of diagonally disposed 

 legs as they work in perfect unison, with a pause 

 between each stride due to the impulses being 

 directed towards heio^ht of action instead of bein^ 



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expended in speed, and the action of the extremi- 

 ties should be even as well as in unison, and well 

 under the body of the horse. The horse should be 

 supple throughout, and should give all the evi- 

 dences of being in ' the union ' that have been 

 before described. 



The Passage is produced from the united trot, 



the legs of the rider demanding increased impulses 



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