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circumference upon wliicli he happens 

 to be. 



He will then be made to perform 

 the traverse in the action of the 

 passage. 



The rider will put the horse into the 

 action of the passage upon a direct 

 line, and will, upon arriving at the 

 point where he intends to begin tra- 

 versing, keep the fore -hand at the same 

 rate of speed, while he forces the croup 

 to take by extended strides the proper 

 position to the line of movement. The 

 action of the passage and the travers- 

 ing will be kept up by accentuated pres- 

 sures of the opposite spur given as the 

 horse raises the fore- leg of the side to 

 which he moves ; the inside leg of the 

 rider will be held close to the flank to 



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