Ringling with a European style act and no chute

This is what happens with the great acts of Holtzmier, Chipperfield, and others. The front again becomes the side and the play to the end. You should see the need for the hook that Steven mentioned, and very often a floor plate or long piece of wood for a target. It is hard to change an animals direction once you have sent them and the objects give them a point of reference. It is easy to send an animal over a hurdle or fence in one direction, it is more difficult to change that direction in a back and forth over the hurdle or fence. Jump them over a hurdle in the middle with out the cage as a block. I am not criticizing the floor plate or pole because an American act doesn't need it, just explaining why it is needed.