THE SCIENTIFIC EQUITATION 



asked, and as before completed by a reversed pir- 

 ouette after a few steps at the new hand. 



When the horse does the half-passage correctly 

 with its head against the wall, it is removed from 

 the barrier by a change of hand in diagonal. During 

 the entire time of this diagonal change, the horse 

 will be kept straight. But when it comes to within 

 five to seven steps of the wall at the new hand, the 

 rider will begin the half-passage, so as to reach the 

 wall at least ten steps from the corner. 



For example, the rider, at right hand, makes the 

 diagonal change of hand by going straight through 

 the center of the ring, and, having passed this, keeps 

 straight on until the horse is five, six, or seven steps 

 from the wall. Here, he asks the half-passage from 

 left to right right leg for forward, right rein and 

 augmentation of the effect of the left leg for the 

 half-passage. When, by this movement, the horse 

 is brought parallel to the wall, the rider stops the 

 horse, caresses its left flank, and keeps it standing 

 still for some moments to allow the movement to 

 fix itself in its memory. It is then carried forward 

 to pass the corner. 



The rider, now at the left hand, once more asks 

 the diagonal change of hand and the half-passage 

 with everything now reversed. When the five to 

 seven steps of the half-passage are done correctly, 

 their number is progressively but moderately in- 

 creased, until finally the entire diagonal change of 

 hand is made by means of the half-passage. 



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