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the movement intentionally, when it is contra 

 gallop. 



The horse in the cross gallop Is also said to be 



false ; for instance, if, in changing from gallop right 



(or left) to gallop left (or right) one extremity fails 



to make the change, the horse is false until the 



fault is corrected. 



The horse takes the gallop from the halt, the 

 walk, or the trot, by placing the weights upon the 

 forehand, and by then planting a hind-leg under 

 the centre of gravity ; and from the time this hind- 

 leg is planted the horse is in some form of the 

 gallop ;^ if in a true pace, with that side taking the 

 advanced strides that is opposite to the hind-leg 

 that first received the weight. 



Whenever a horse takes the gallop it is because 

 the weights have been shifted so violently that the 

 balance necessary for the other paces is destroyed, 

 while in the gallop the legs are brought to the 

 ground one after the other ; and no matter how great 

 may be the changes in the position of the centre of 



^ This rule is invariable, although there are apparent exceptions ; for ex- 

 ample, in the passage, cr in the Spanish trot, the horse may plant a hind-leg 

 in some stride and go into the gallop, but it is because the weights had been 

 so shifted in the preceding stride that the forehand was impeded, and a 

 hind-leg had to be carried so far under the centre of gravity as to break the 

 cadence of the original movement. So, from rearing, a horse might be in the 

 gallop when the fore-legs touch the ground ; but to get the hind-legs under, 

 so that it could rise from the ground, the weights must first have been thrown 

 upon the forehand. 



