THE GALLOP. 



IN a state of nature the horse moves at the Walk, 

 the Trot, the Gallop, or the Run. 1 



THE WALK. 



In the walk, a flat and tame pace which bears about 

 the same relation to the trot that the gallop holds to the 

 run, the horse may lead off with any foot, usually with 

 the fore-leg, which is diagonally opposite to the hind-leg 

 furthest behind the centre of gravity. The leg which is 

 diagonally disposed to the one which initiates the move- 

 ment is then advanced, then the other leg of the 

 extremity with which the walk originated is moved up, 

 and then the fourth leg is put forward. 



If the horse should begin the walk with the left fore- 

 leg leading, it would be followed by the right hind-leg : 

 then the right fore-leg would be moved forward, and as 

 the mass advanced the left hind-leg would be detached 



1 Some short coupled horses, usually those with drooping rumps and 

 outward-turned thighs, have a pace in which the hind-leg moves simul- 

 taneously with the fore-leg of the same side : and I have seen horses 

 of this description proceed no faster than a walk in the same manner. 



