THE FIGURES OF MANEGE 



therefore, a horse is in equilibrium, the shifting of 

 the rider's weight from his left haunch to his right 

 will turn the horse and send him forward to the right. 

 Are we, then, outside the natural laws of motion? 

 No. We are obeying the law which teaches that a 

 body in motion will continue to move along the same 

 straight line until another force interferes. This 

 other force is the rider's weight, which, when applied 

 at one side of the center of gravity, displaces this 

 and forces the horse to turn in that direction. 



All this is undeniable. It is easy, therefore, to 

 understand the fights of these two masters with the 

 horses educated by them. The horses walked and 

 trotted in diagonal. The riders employed the lat- 

 eral effects. The horses galloped in lateral. The 

 riders, to train them to that gait, used a half- 

 diagonal effect. Naturally, the horses became con- 

 fused between their instinctive gaits and the riders' 

 effects which were flatly contrary to them. 



However, if a horse is not in a state of equilib- 

 rium, this change of weight will have no effect, and 

 the scientific equitation is not concerned with the 

 matter. 



THE DOUBLE 



THE double is a figure of manege in which the rider 

 crosses the quadrangle from side to side and returns 

 to the original piste at the same hand. It involves, 

 therefore, merely two changes of direction to one 

 side or the other. 



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