170 PRINCIPLES OF P. VI. 



In the Passage, the action of the horse's 

 legs is the same as in the Shoulder-in; but 

 the horse is supported in a different and 

 more graceful attitude ; the small but elegant 

 bend is on the side he moves to ; so that he 

 works to the concave side, which is more 

 brilliant in appearance, as well as more dif- 

 ficult to execute. In the Shoulder-in, the 

 horse looks the contrary way to that in which 

 he moves ; but in the Passage, he looks the 

 way he is going and follows the leading rein ; 

 his shoulders preceding his haunches, and the 

 body being placed obliquely to the lines on 

 which his legs are made to move. The action 

 is grand, and the time as regular as the beats 

 of a clock. 



Section II.— Of the Kinds of Passage. 

 There are several sorts of the Passage. 



In that which is derived from the trot, the 

 action of the horse's legs is the same as in the 

 trot. The Passage is distinguished from the 



