122 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



gravity, the pace Is possible as long as the horse can 

 keep upon its feet. 



From a rapid trot the horse ' breaks ' into the 

 gallop by throwing, through an increased impulse 

 from the croup, the weight upon a fore-leg and 

 impeding its action ; the diagonally disposed hind- 

 leg (that should be working in unison with this 

 fore-leg) is then carried under the centre of gravity, 

 the forehand rises, the cadence of the trot is broken, 

 and the horse is in the gallop. 



To teach the horse to take gallop right, the rider 

 should closely collect the animal in a walk or in a 

 very slow trot ; he should then increase the pressure 

 of the left leg, and make an upward play with the 

 right rein. These applications of the aids will induce 

 the horse to place the hind-legs properly for the 

 movement, to give the necessary impulses from the 

 croup, and to take the right order with the fore-legs.-^ 

 When the horse takes the gallop the aids must 

 maintain the action and put the horse straight. At 

 first the rate should neither be so rapid that the 

 horse cannot be kept ' in hand,' nor so languid that 

 the animal will be disposed to break back into a 

 trot, but a fair and steady gallop, in which the horse 



1 That is, the left hind-leg will be carried under the mass and planted, then 

 the right hind-leg will come to the ground, then the left fore-leg, then the 

 right fore-leg (the right side having been supported to insure it), and from the 

 latter leg the horse goes into air. 



