98 Manual of Equitation and Horse Training 



movement (circle, passing a corner, movement by the 

 flank) where the interior lateral biped, having less ground 

 to cover than the exterior biped, may be easily advanced 

 more than the latter. By pushing vigorously with both 

 legs, when the horse is thus placed, the gallop will be taken 

 naturally, especially if the rider carries his body forward 

 and slightly to the right for the right gallop. The horse, 

 being in a way surprised and thrown forward by the leg 

 action, falls into the right gallop. 



The reins not having to act on the horse's balance, this 

 way of doing has the advantage of leaving his head free 

 and of putting him in the gallop without fail, while leaving 

 him. calm and impulsive. 



The rider has profited by the favorable position taken 

 hy the home himself, to determine the gallop. By the aid of 

 this method the horse is familiarized with this gait, com- 

 bined with the rider's weight; by practice, the departs be- 

 come easier, and the horse goes into the gallop willingly. 



Such is the first degree of the lesson in the gallop. 



This method is sufficient to give the colt the necessary 

 work; it is also the only one which may be employed at 

 this moment, since he is ignorant of even the elementary 

 actions of the aids. 



(6) The gallop is not always taken up on curves; one 

 must be able to take that gait without changing direction, 

 that is, on the straight lines. The work which leads to 

 this result constitutes the second degree of the gallop de- 

 part. Here, it is nfjccssary that the rider may, if he wishes, 

 place the horse in the position which commands the gal- 

 lop. 



The horse should then have undergone a certain 

 amount of training and should know the elementary 

 actions of the aids. 



To take the right gallop, for instance, one must retard 

 the left lateral or advance the right lateral. To obtain 

 that result one may cramp the play of the left shoulder, at 

 the same time liberating th(! right, one may \>uh\\ the left 

 haunch toward th(; right, or one may bring the right 

 liaunch forward of the loft. 



Any actions of the rein or legs whicrh will bring those 

 results will be good, though in different degrees, and they 

 will prepare the horse, a(!eording to the degree of his 

 training, to take the desired lead. 



