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that the animal touches the ground; in this elevation are 

 recognised the effects of the three impacts, which give it a 

 triple undulation. The minimum elevation of the curve cor- 

 responds, as in the trot, \\ith the moment when the feet do 

 not touch the ground. Therefore, it is not a projection of the 

 liody into the air which constitutes the time of suspension iu 

 the gallop. Lastly, by comparing the re actions of the gallop 

 with tluxse of the trot (fig. 45), we see that in the gallop the 

 rise ai.'d fall of the body are effected in a less sudden manner. 

 These re-actions are, therefore, less jarring to the rider, 

 though they may, in fact, pi'esent a greater amplitude. 



Piste of the gallop in three-time. According to Curnieu, this 

 piste is the following : 



FIG. f>7. Fistc of tbe short gallop in tliree-time. The hindc r feet, whose 

 prints have the f Tin of 1111 U, reach the ground in front of tlje piinis of 

 the fore ftet. Thu latter have been represented by a form souiewliiit like 

 an O. 



The piste of the gallop varies according to the speed. In 

 the short gallop of the riding school, the hind-feet leave their 

 prints behind those of the fore-feet ; in the rapid gallop, on 

 the contrary, they come in front of the prints of the fore-feet. 

 A horse which, in the pace of the riding school, gallops 

 almost entirely within his own length, will, when started at 

 full gallop, cover an enormous space. According to Curnieu, 

 the famous Eclipse covered 22 English feet. The following 

 is the piste which this very rapid pace leaves on the ground : 



FIG. f S. Piste of B-ttpie's gallop, from Curnieu. The prints of the hind- 

 feet are very far before those of the fore-feet. 



Representation of a horse galloping. For this representation 

 we will give three attitudes, differing much from each other, 



