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sensations that he feels demand the gallop, it is 

 necessary to place him in a position which, by removing 

 all hesitation, leaves him nothing else but a definite 

 movement to be carried out : the one that is required 

 of him. 



Whether the horse starts the gallop by loss of 

 balance or by balancing himself, the position should 

 always precede the mov^ement. 



It is the very mechanism of the gallop which 

 indicates the position which the horse should take. 

 The gallop is characterized by the advanced position 

 which one lateral biped takes with regard to the other, 

 that is to say, that in the gallop to the right, the two 

 offside legs move in advance of the near side legs 

 and vice versa, 



A. With young horses which are ignorant or 

 imperfectly trained to the aids, and have nevertheless 

 to be galloped, in order to develop them and advance 

 their condition, the rider should put them on to some 

 circular movement in which the lateral biped on the 

 inside, having less ground to cover than the biped 

 on the outside, is able to take with greater ease the 

 forward position. By making use of the action of 

 the reins already explained, and by pressing the horse 

 forward more or less energetically with the legs, the 

 horse, being thus placed, will break into the gallop 

 quite naturally, especially if the rider leans his body 

 slightly forward, and to the right for the gallop leading 

 with the off fore, and inversely for the gallop to the 

 left. 



The horse, to some extent surprised, and thrown 

 forward by the action of the legs, falls into the gallop 

 to the right. 



The rider has taken advantage of the favourable 



