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ground at the same time or even sooner than its hind fellow, but follows it in the 

 gallop. The difference in the canter and the gallop consists in this interval 

 and the greater extension of the fore-leg that is not leading. The rider can 



feel when the canter becomes the gallop, and as a matter of fact it is only a 

 question of speed or reach of fore-leg. Whichever fore-leg is leading is 

 required to support the body longer than either of the others, the 



time in which they sustain it being about equally divided. It will readily 

 be understood then, how much more liable to sprains must be the tendons 

 and ligaments of the fore-legs than the hind ones. The fore-legs have 



