CHAPTER V. 



THE PASSAGE. 



The passage is a kind of trot, of very 

 brilliant action, in the highest possible 

 equilibrium. It is usually employed in 

 traversing, as the position in which the 

 horse is found at each stride is favorable 

 to his balance in moving to the right or to 

 the left. 



In the passage the weight of the 

 horse, at each cadence of the gait, is borne 

 by a fore-leg and its diagonally opposed 

 hind-leg, and from the spring given at 



each step he is for the moment in the 



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