THE GALLOP. 25 



the canter, then the walk and the trot must be held one 

 and the same thing, for it is more difficult to draw the 

 lines between the walk and the trot, than between the 

 gallop and the run or the canter. In neither of these 

 cases is it a question of speed alone, but of regularity and 

 extent, and manner of action. 



In the gallop, the horse is collected between bit and 

 spurs, and can make short turns in the beat of the gallop, 

 and can come to an instantaneous halt, from a high rate 

 of speed. But in the disconnected forms in which a horse 

 runs, he cannot with safety turn except upon large circles, 

 and he can only be brought to a halt by a succession of 

 shortened strides. 



Either at liberty or under the rider the horse may take 

 the gallop from a rest, a walk, or a trot. 



HOW THE HORSE BEGINS THE GALLOP. 

 From a rest or a walk, the horse raises the fore-hand, 

 and extending the fore-legs, one slightly in advance of 

 the other, throws his weight upon them, and, with the 

 impetus so given, leaves the ground in the gallop from 

 the fore-leg furthest advanced. When pushed beyond 

 his equilibrium in the trot he takes the gallop or the run 

 by leaving the ground from one of his fore-feet, with the 

 momentum of the speed. 



