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horse is disconnected, and the pace is rough and 

 awkward. To be true and connected in the gallop 

 the fore and hind leg of each side must correspond 

 in action, and the turns must be made to the side 

 with which the horse is leading. 



From a halt, a walk, or a poised trot, the horse 

 takes the gallop by raising the forehand, and then 

 planting in advance the fore-foot with which it 

 means to lead (Fig. 25), the hind-foot of the same 

 side having been, usually, advanced before the other 

 hind-foot, as the forehand is about to rise ; the 

 impetus is given from the croup, and the horse 

 begins the gallop with the fore-leg that has been 

 advanced in the first instance. 



To teach the horse to take the gallop, in the curb 

 bit, with either side leading, the rider will put the 

 animal in a slow united trot. To make the horse 

 lead with the right side, he will retire his right 

 shoulder, lighten the forehand by the direct rein, and 

 close in both legs to the sides of the horse, the left leg 

 with more vigour than the other. The horse should 

 then take the gallop with the right side leading. 

 But if it do not take the desired lead, the rider 

 may again bring the horse into a united trot, and, 

 withdrawing the right leg, apply the left heel suffi- 

 ciently to bend the croup over to the right, when 

 the right rein has prepared the forehand. But it 



