128 MODERN HORSEiMANSHIP. 



In the beat of the pace, the horse being closely 

 collected in a very slow gallop, and the increased 

 pressure of the rider's right leg and the upward 

 play of the left rein taking effect at the moment 

 the advanced hind-leg gives its impulse in some 

 stride. In very rapid gallops the horse must have 

 the idea of chano-inor before the advanced fore-leo" 

 (in the old stride) is brought to the ground ; but 

 the rider cannot with certainty demand the gallop 

 changes at a high rate of speed ; and in the gallop, 

 where the changes may be produced, the principal 

 impulse in each leap comes from the hind-leg on 

 the side of the advanced fore-leg, and it is as this 

 impulse is being given that the effects of the aids 

 for demanding the change should be felt. 



During these lessons in changing from gallop 

 right to gallop left, a similar method should be 

 followed in teaching the changes from left to right ; 

 both chano^es beinQ^ tauQrht in the same order : 

 that is, both sides of the horse should be equally 

 practised in the lessons with the trotting strides 

 between the changes, and in the lessons with the 

 half-halt between the changes, and in the lessons 

 where the changes are made in the beat of the pace. 



To produce the changes smoothly and evenly the 

 trainer must be satisfied with very slow progress : 

 the slight motions of the rider's body being gently 



