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to, either for the pleasure of the motion, or because 

 with a team, some of the horses of which cannot 

 trot fast enough, it is better to gallop them all than 

 to permit only one or two to do so ; horses which 

 will not trot evenly can often be made to share the 

 work equally by galloping them all together. 



A horse cannot trot at the top of his speed without 

 soon becoming distressed, whereas he can gallop 

 the same number of miles an hour, still going within 

 his speed, since the majority of horses can gallop 

 faster than they can trot. A gallop rests him, and 

 a tired horse will break into a gallop much slower 

 than his ordinary trot. 



In galloping, except down-hill, the leaders' traces 

 should be kept tight, because their pulling on the 

 point of the pole will keep the coach straighter 

 than if the wheel horses alone pull by the splinter- 

 bar, when the coach is apt to swerve about and get 

 to swinging from one side of the road to the other. 

 What is called rolling, in a coach, commences in 

 this way, the lateral motion soon inducing a rocking 

 motion of the body, which may cause an overturn 

 if it becomes too great. Care must be taken, 

 therefore, that all the horses, and especially the 

 wheelers, gallop evenly ; as a rule, while the horses 

 must be sufficiently steadied by the reins, they 

 should not be held too tightly, especially if, as in 

 the case of galloping to make time, they are doing 

 nearly their best. In galloping, great caution must 

 be exercised that the team does not get ahead of 



