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before the other, and as one tires the other changes places with it. A 

 good, true, and strong galloper will seldom require this relief, but a weak 

 one, especially if not completely broken, will effect the change continually. 

 Sometimes this causes the loss of a race, for it cannot be done without 



interfering with the action, and consequently with the pace. A good 

 horseman prefers that his horse should not confine himself to one lead, 

 but he does not like him to change after he has once started, for the above 



reason. The right leg in front is more easy even to the male rider than 

 the left, but not materially so, and except for female equestrianism no 

 horse should be taught to lead invariably with the right leg either in the 

 gallop or canter. In the change the truth or harmony of action is often 



