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leg on the same side follows ; but if it do not 

 follow, and the hind leg on the opposite side 

 attempts to succeed, then the horse is said to 

 gallop cross, or disunited. For instance, when 

 a horse becomes disunited on the dff side, the 

 rider, to unite him again^ or make him gallop 

 fair, must bear him a little on the hand, and 

 press his near side with his leg, or touch him 

 with the spur-, this will cause him to bring up 

 the off quarter and unite himself. A horse 

 very rarely becom.es disunited except through 

 the aukwardness of the rider, from his jarring 

 the horse by bad management of the reins, of 

 a false pressure of the legs and a wrong use of 

 the spurs. 



In moving forward towards the right, a 

 horse should always lead with the off fore 

 foot j and in moving forward to the left with 

 the near fore foot. In galloping on circles, a 

 horse must always be made to lead with the 

 tg in the turn-, or, to speak more plainly, with 

 the leg next the centre of the circle in which 

 he moves ; for if he led with the outside leg, 

 he would cross it with the inside one, trip 

 himself, and come down. Even a young horse 

 ■^hcn breaking, knov/s this, and will always 



