66 THE CHANGES IN THE GALLOP. 



Before teaching the horse this mode, the animal 

 must be taught to gallop with either side in the 

 lead at a very slow pace, and at first the demi- 

 arret (or half halt) may be observed as the fore- 

 hand comes down in the stride, but the horse will 

 soon learn to make the change without interrupting 

 the cadence of the pace. Whenever the opposite 

 spur and the direct rein are used, the other spur 

 and the other rein should measure their effects so 

 that the horse will not be too much bent or have 

 too much liberty of action. 



Postscript. 



Since the first issue of this book I have succeeded 

 in taking a number of photographs of the horse 

 while in the act of changing lead in the gallop, and 

 my theories, set forth in the preceding chapter, 

 prove to be correct in every particular. In figures 

 ' A ' and ' B,' copied from two of these photographs, 

 both modes of changing lead are shown. 



In figure ' A ' the horse has changed the order of 

 the fore-legs, and the order of the hind-legs will be 

 changed when the weight is again taken by the 

 fore-hand. This manner of changing is the result 

 of demanding the change after the hind-legs have 



