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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. VI. 



Here change and work the traversing lines 

 up the riding house, reversing your hand at 

 every angle, which is called the Change Re- 

 verse, till you arrive at the point E, where 

 you halt for a moment. 



Now work upon the volt to either or both 

 hands, terminating at E, where the volt 

 began. 



Here the principal object is, to station the 

 horse properly at the commencement, turn- 

 ing the croupe toward the centre, in the 

 exact position on the lines, as the horse is to 

 preserve throughout the volt; and, the volt 

 being determined by the eye, the hand and 

 heel must aim to work to it, observing that 

 the shoulders here, as well as in straight 

 lines, rather take the lead. The more con T 

 tracted or narrow the volts are, the body 

 must have a proportionate turn, and likewise 

 a backward inclination to assist and facilitate 

 the shoulders, which have a larger circle or 

 space to work over than the haunches. Care 

 must be taken that this inclination of the 



