GALLOPING EXERCISE. 157 



ent horses may be capable of continuing on at 

 their best pace. Fifthly, as to how horses may 

 vary in size ; this last-mentioned circumstance . 

 very frequently regulates their manner of going 

 as to stride. 



We will first make some remarks as to how 

 different horses go in their gallops according to 

 their size and structure, and how each descrip- 

 tion of horse is generally found to vary in main- 

 taining their best pace either in their exercise or 

 running. A small-sized, close-made race horse 

 is mostly what is termed a " round goer," that is, 

 he is rather short, but quick in his stride ; when 

 drawn out to the top of his pace, to use a corn- 

 mon expression, he is generally a sticker in a 

 pretty long rally, and a good one in deep ground. 

 A horse somewhat larger than the one above 

 mentioned, as from fifteen hands one inch to fif- 

 teen two, if he has substance, and is well formed 

 over the heart and loins, with a ^ood straight 

 back and a moderate length of body, and not too 

 high upon his legs, and has good action, that is, 

 can get his fore legs well out, and can bring his 

 haunches well under him, is the sort of race horse 

 I very much fancy for general purposes — he can 

 mostly go on with the pace, and in good com- 



