CHAPTER II. 



The: Change oe Lkad at thk Gai,i,op. 



This movement is to be imdertaken when the horse 

 is capable of taking the desired lead from a trot on a 

 straight line. 



1. Put the horsei on a circle of large radius, at 

 a gallop. Leave the circle by a line parallel to the diag- 

 onal of the ridinjg-hall and form another large circle to 

 the opposite hand, keeping the same lead at the gallop 

 as on the firsl^ circle. Galloping on the second circle with 

 the same leadi as on the first is galloping "false." Be- 

 sidCvSr lowering the croup and balaii^cing the horse, the 

 false lead impresses the aids upon the horse, because to 

 maintain a false lead the aids used' on the first circle 

 must be more strongly used on the second. 



2. Gallop the horse on a straight line, leading right. 

 Bring him down to a trot, previously having changed 

 the aids to gallop left, which assists in bringing the horse 



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