the inward leg, but which in this manœuvre becomes the outward one. There is no better exercise than this for keeping the horse always straight and attentive ; because, by alternating the demi-voltes and the counter-demi-voltes, it is impossible for him to become "routined."

Fig. 28. — Diagonal change of hand.

There are three changes of hand. The most simple is the diagonal change of hand, in which we go along one of the diagonals of the school, on leaving the wall at the beginning of one of the long sides. (Fig. 28.)^[1]