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especially at the walk, the animal may fail to raise his 

 outward feet high enough to clear his inward ones. The 

 horse is placed obliquely to the direction in which he is to 

 proceed ; his head is turned towards that direction, and his 

 outward feet (the near if he is going to the right, and vice 

 versa), both fore and hind, cross in front of their respective 



Fig. 119. — Passage to the right. 



fellows (see Figs. 118 and 119). Instead of two tracks (fore 

 and hind), the animal really works on four tracks, namely, 

 one for each foot. 



The passage is not alone useful in itself for enabling a 

 side movement to be made, without the necessity for turning 



