THE FIGURES OF MANEGE 



The movement is simple, and easy of execution 

 for the experienced rider with a horse that is suf- 

 ficiently advanced with its education. The essential 

 point is to manage correctly the first change of 

 direction, and then to guide the horse exactly 

 straight across to the other side of the manege for 

 the second change which completes the double. At 

 first view, it looks very easy to do this ; but in prac- 

 tice it is not so simple, and the maneuver is asked of 

 the horse precisely in order to accustom it to change 

 and return straight. The rider also will find the 

 double educative if he does it correctly. The point 

 is to cure any hesitation on the part of the horse in 

 turning to either side, and to get it to place itself 

 exactly straight from head to croup as soon as it has 

 turned. The rider who can do the double correctly 

 at walk, trot, and gallop is on the road toward the 

 perfect education of his horse. 



CHANGE OF HAND 



CHANGE of hand is very useful in training horses to 

 be equal in their gaits, and also for teaching riders 

 to execute figures on either side when instruction is 

 given in classes. 



Both the old and the newer schools of equitation 

 prescribe that in riding at the right hand that is 

 to say, with right side toward the center of the ring 

 both reins of the bit, together with the left rein 

 of the snaffle, are to be held in the left hand, while 

 the right rein of the snaffle alone is to be held in the 



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