THE FIGURES OF MANEGE 



When the animal is able to cross the ring at the 

 half-passage correctly, it is taught the original move- 

 ment with its croup, instead of its head, against the 

 wall. For this, the rider, after passing the corner of 

 the manege and starting down the long side, begins 

 an ordinary diagonal change with the horse straight. 



HALF-PASSAGE, SHOULDER-IN 



But as soon as the horse has completed, at most, 

 four steps of this movement, it is made to execute a 

 half-passage, with head toward the center of the 

 ring and tail toward the wall. After a few steps of 

 the half-passage, the horse is again sent forward, 

 parallel to the wall but four steps out, and then is 

 brought back to the wall, at the same hand as 

 at the beginning, by a few steps of another half- 

 passage. With moderate progress at each lesson, 

 the horse is, after a few days, brought to travel the 



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