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ported, that the horse seems not to advance, 

 but to work upon the same spot of ground. 

 The horses which take this sort of Passage 

 have not their action so high and strong as 

 the other, it being too quick and sudden; 

 but almost all horses which are inclined to 

 this, are endowed with a great share of gen- 

 tleness and activity. 



Section II I. —Of the Passage in particular. 



In the Passage, the forehand is raised, — the 

 shoulders out, — the croupe in,— and the neck 

 partakes of a two-fold bend, — that is, the 

 neck bends a little inward, and the nose is 

 a little turned from the perpendicular, and 

 this bend and turn put the forehand into an 

 elegant form. The inner side of the horse, 

 which is that to which he is working, is 

 advanced or leads, the same as in the gallop ; 

 but the feet are lilted as in the trot, only 

 raised higher before and less behind, the 

 consequence of a closer union. The fore feet 



