40 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



when the weights are shifted so violently that 

 the fore-legs and the hind-legs cannot work to- 

 gether in the order required for the walk or the 



trot 



The horse may be induced to take the gallop 

 in either of two ways. From a rapid trot the 

 impulses can be demanded from the croup until 

 the weights are thrown upon a fore-leg, when 

 the opposite hind-leg will be carried under the 

 centre of gravity, and the horse will then be in 

 the gallop ; or, from a halt, the walk, or the slow 

 trot, the weights can be thrown back, so that 

 the action of the forehand will be checked or 

 interrupted, a hind-leg is then brought under the 

 mass, when the impulses will be permitted to 

 overcome the resistance of the forehand, and 

 the horse will move off in the gallop, the side 

 opposite to the hind-leg that has taken the weight 

 making the advanced strides. 



That is, to put a horse into gallop right, by the 

 latter mode, from a halt, a walk or a slow trot, 

 the rider will unite the horse closely ; he will then 

 carry back the forces of the forehand to insure 

 increased impulse from the croup ; then by an 

 increased pressure of his left leg, and an upward 

 play of the right rein as the forehand is given 

 more liberty, he will bring the left hind-leg of 



