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rider should close in his legs against the animal's 

 sides and increase the tension upon the reins, until 

 it comes to a walk, when it will be brought to a 

 stop in the same manner. Whenever the horse is 

 brought to a stop from action, the legs of the rider 

 should prevent the halt being made too abruptly. 



The turns will be made in the trot exactly in the 

 same manner as in the walk, the horse being col- 

 lected before the turn is made. 



To understand how the horse may be made to 

 gallop it is necessary to know how it performs the 

 pace. The gallop is a series of leaps, in which the 

 horse leaves the ground from one of its fore- feet 

 with which it is said to lead and receives its weight 

 upon the hind-foot diagonally disposed ; the other 

 hind-foot and its diagonally disposed fore-foot then 

 come to the ground at the same moment, then the 

 first used or leading fore- foot is planted, and from 

 the latter the horse again goes in air. At each stride 

 the fore-foot and the hind-foot of the leading side 

 are planted in front of the fore- foot and the hind- 

 foot, respectively, of the other side. 



If the horse take the advanced steps with the 

 fore-leg of one side and the hind-leg of the other 

 side, it is disconnected in its gallop. 



If it turn to the right when the left legs are 

 taking the advanced steps, it is false in its gallop. 



