92 Curd, Snaffle, and Spur. 



demand the gallop changes at a high rate of 

 speed ; and in the gallop, where changes may be 

 produced, the principal impulse in each leap 

 comes from the hind leg on the side of the 

 advanced fore leg, and it is as this impulse is 

 being given, that the effects of the aids for 

 demanding the change should be felt. 



During these lessons in changing from gallop 

 right to gallop left, a similar method should be 

 followed in teaching the changes from left to 

 right, both changes being taught in the same 

 order ; that is, both sides of the horse should be 

 equally practised in the lessons with the trotting 

 strides between the changes, and in the lessons 

 with the half-halt between the changes, and in 

 the lessons where the changes are made in the 

 beat of the pace. 



To produce the changes smoothly and evenly, 

 the trainer must be satisfied with very slow pro- 

 gress : the slight motions of the rider's body 

 being gently made, and the aids applied neither 

 abruptly nor roughly. 



After the horse will make the changes per- 

 fectly at any desired stride upon straight lines, 

 the rider should practise the changes in gallop in 



