The Gallop. — The Gallop Changes. 85 



leg, and lastly the right fore leg, from which it 

 goes into air for a new stride. 



The horse should be in gallop right in turning 

 to the right, in gallop left in turning to the left, 

 so that it will have a bearer under the centre of 

 gravity as the turn is made. 



The gallop is called a pace of four beats, but 

 in the ordinary slow gallop in hand, the second 

 planted hind leg and the opposite fore leg strike 

 the ground so nearly at the same moment, that 

 it becomes a pace of three beats. In the school- 

 gallop, or shortened gallop, the forehand is so 

 supported that the second planted hind leg comes 

 to the ground an appreciable time before the 

 diagonally disposed fore leg, and the pace is of 

 four distinct beats. In the rapid gallop the 

 horse is so much extended, that we have again 

 an example of four beats. 



A horse takes the gallop when the weights 

 have been shifted so violently that the balance 

 necessary for the other paces is impossible ; in 

 the gallop the legs are brought to the ground one 

 after another, and no matter how great may be 

 the changes in the position of the centre of grav- 

 ity, the pace can be maintained as long as the 

 horse can stand up. 



