THE FIGURES OF MANEGE 



this is mastered, the rider, still keeping the animal 

 moving forward by the effect of his inside leg, by 

 repeated effects of the left leg, causes the horse to 

 execute two or three steps of the reversed pirouette 

 while still gaining ground forward, the head against 

 the wall and the haunches toward the center of the 



HALF-PASSAGE, HEAD TO WALL 



manege. After a few steps of this, the horse is again 

 sent forward; and after a few more steps, the half- 

 passage is again asked. When the horse executes 

 this movement calmly and with ease, the rider first 

 asks the half -passage, and then completes the move- 

 ment by half a reversed pirouette, to complete the 

 change of hand without stopping. The horse being 

 now at the new hand, the half-passage is again 



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