PACES. 221 



PASSAGING. 



After a few lessons at the shoulders in, proceed to 

 the half passage, and passage ; that is, to teach the 

 horse to move sideways. The motion of the horse's 

 legs in passaging is the same as that in shoulders in, 

 but the head is turned differently. In the passage 

 the horse looks the way he is going, and moves di- 

 rectly to either side. 



The horse being well balanced the feeling of the 

 reins corresponding with the pressure of the legs, 

 supposing you are going to the right, lead the shoul- 

 ders off first, by a double feeling on the right rein, 

 at the same time, apply an increased pressure with 

 the left leg, the horse will cross his legs, and move 

 sideways to his right. After a few paces stop, and 

 make much of him ; should the horse not readily obey 

 the leg, apply the whip gently on the horse's shoul- 

 der, and flank. 



PACES. 



The Walk. The walk is the least raised, the slow- 

 est, and the most gentle of all the paces, but it should 

 be an animated quick step. 



* " Before moving forward, the horse should be 

 light in hand, the head brought home (and not with 

 the nose stuck out) the neck arched, and he should 

 stand evenly on all his legs." 



" In urging the colt to a walk, close the legs and 

 communicate a sufficient impulse to carry him forward, 

 but do not ease the hand, because if you do, the head 

 and neck may relapse into a position which may. defy 

 the control of the hand. 



~ Captain Nolan. 



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