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work him on until he can do the passage at an angle of 

 45^, or even less. We must remember always to keep more 

 weight on the inward stirrup than on the outward stirrup. 



The passage with tail to wall. — i\fter the horse has 

 learned to do the passage with his head towards the wall, 

 the presence of which has the natural effect of regulating 

 the movement to a considerable extent, we may teach him 

 the more difficult evolution of doing the passage with his 

 tail to the wall. Being, say, on the right rein, we may turn 

 the horse on his haunches to the right through an angle of 

 45"" (one eighth pirouette), and make him pass to the left 

 as before directed, with his hind feet on the track. Having 

 gone the required distance, we may halt him, turn him on 

 his haunches through an angle of 90^ (quarter pirouette), 

 and make him pass to the right. We may change the 

 passage with tail to wall to passage with head to wall, 

 or vice versa, by turning the horse on his centre. 



I need hardly point out that a school horse should be 

 able to passage down the centre of the manege or in the 

 open, and without the assistance of any wall by which to 

 regulate his direction. 



Change of hand by the passage. — We may change the 

 hand to which we are going by making the horse move 

 diagonally across the school at the passage. The direction 

 of the passage should be at an angle of 45^ to the side of 

 the school from which the departure was made ; the body 

 of the horse should be kept parallel to the sides of the 

 school, and the horse may resume his straightforward 



