jPartl. Per ftB Farrier. 18^ 



CHAP. II. 



A Defer ipion of the Natural Paces of a Horfe. 



NO Man can make a Horfe to go perfe&ly ia 

 Ayres or Artificial Motions, unlefs he firft ex- 

 actly underftand the Natural Paces or Motions of a 

 Horfe's Legs, which are three, viz,, a Walk, a Trot, 

 and a Gallop : To which may be added an Amble, be- 

 caufe fome HoiTes naturally have it, and fuch are 

 commonly the fwifteft Amblers of any. And firft, 



Of the Walk. 



In a Walk a Horfe lifts two Legs of a fide, one 

 after the other, beginning with a Hind-Leg firft ; as 

 if he lead with the Legs of his right fide, then the 

 firft Foot helifteth, is his far Hind-Foot, and in the 

 time he is fetting it down (which in a Step is al- 

 ways fhort of the Tread of his Fore-Foot upon the 

 fame fide) he lifteth his far Fore-Foot, and fetteth it 

 down before his near Fore-Foot : Again, juft as he is 

 fetting down his far Fore-Foot, he lifts his war 

 Hind-Foot, and fets it down again juft fhort of his 

 near Fore-Foot, and juft as he is fetting it down, he 

 lifts his near Fore-Foot, and fets it down before his 

 far Fore-Foot. And this is the true Motion of a 

 Horfe's Legs upon his Walk. 



Of the Amble. 



The difference between a Walk and an Amble is 

 only this, that ia> a Walk he lifts two Legs of a fide 

 one after the other, whereas in the Amble two Legs 

 of a fide are raifed at the very fame time. For If 

 your Horfe be Walking, and you would have him to 



Amble* 



