I 30 ROAD, PARK, AND SCHOOL 



CHAPTER XIV. THE GALLOP. 



CHANGES OF LEAD- DEMI-VOLTES PIROUETTES. 



THE gallop is a pace of three beats and a leap at 

 each stride. The first beat is that of one of the 

 hind-feet, then the other hind-foot and its diagonally 

 disposed fore-foot come to the ground together, and 

 the remaining fore-foot, of the side opposite to the 

 hind-foot which began the stride, makes the third 

 beat, and from the last-named foot the horse goes 

 into air, to receive the weight upon the hind-foot 

 that began the preceding stride. The horse is said 

 to lead with the fore-leg from which it goes into 

 air, as that leg is the more advanced at the end of 

 each stride, and has the appearance of taking a 

 more extended step than the fore-leg of the other 

 side. If the horse turn to the right when the left 

 fore-leg is leading, or to the left when the right fore- 

 leg is leading, it is false in the gallop. If the right 

 (or left) fore-leg be leading, and the left (or right) 

 hind-leg does not take a corresponding step, that is, 

 in advance of the other hind-leg at each stride, the 



