THE FIGURES OF MANEGE 



left leg to control the left lateral biped, right leg to 

 maintain the haunches straight and to change the 

 lead from right to left, since we are now riding at 

 left hand. 



One should practice the half-volte several times 

 in the simpler form before trying to add the half- 

 passage, and should not attempt the latter move- 

 ment until the figure is perfectly clear in the mind. 

 But the ordinary half -volte is nothing more than 

 the ordinary pirouette, taken at walk, trot, or gal- 

 lop, and continued by the twelve steps of the half- 

 passage with a change of lead. 



THE REVERSED HALF- VOLTE 



IN the reversed half-volte, the horse travels over 

 the same path as in the direct figure, but in the 

 opposite direction. Thus, for the reversed half- 

 volte, done at the right hand, a half -passage to the 

 right of twelve steps takes the animal away from 

 the wall of the manege. Then two changes of direc- 

 tion or a half-circle to the left complete the re- 

 turn to the wall with an about-face and a change of 

 hand. 



The means are, therefore, for the half -passage at 

 walk or trot, the right diagonal effect right rein, 

 right leg near the girth, and the haunches pushed 

 over to the right by the left leg behind the girth 

 with continuance of the same effect to produce the 

 two changes of direction, until the horse is once 

 more straight, but at the opposite hand. 



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