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the rider should reward It by a few words In a kind 

 tone, ease the collection of the forces, and bring the 

 animal to a halt. This work is very fatiguing to 

 the horse, and should not be followed for any great 

 length of time at any one lesson, and should never 

 be attempted with a horse that is already tired. If 

 the horse rears, plunges, or shows any disorders in 

 the pace, it is not yet prepared for these lessons, 

 and it should be put back to the lessons in the 

 united trot. 



The exercises upon two paths in the united trot 

 are excellent for preparing the horse for the passage, 

 and formerly (according to Adams, whose work was 

 published in the latter part of the eighteenth century) 

 the passage was always performed with a bend that 

 closely resembles shouldei^-in, the horse working 

 upon three lines, the inside fore-foot upon one line, 

 the outside fore-foot and inside hind-foot upon a 

 middle line, and the outside hind-foot upon a third 

 outer line. 



But according to modern ideas the passage, when 

 upon straight single paths, should be performed by 

 a straight horse ; and in the work upon two paths 

 the bends are exactly the same as in the other 

 paces. 



The passage steps may be gradually increased, 

 until the horse will move for any reasonable time in 



