68 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



movement must be made very slowly, and 

 exactly the right time must be taken to 

 increr-se or yield the tension of the 

 reins, or the balance of the mass will 

 be destroyed and a mishap may ensue. 



The gallop in place is in the true 

 action of the gallop, and the horse is 

 in a high state of equilibrium. But in 

 the so-called gallop to the rear, while 

 the horse must be in perfect equilibrium 

 to begin the movement, the forces of 

 the fore -hand must be carried back 

 too far, and the changes in the points 

 of balance are made too slowly to per- 

 mit the horse to be always light. 



Of course, the horse must be kept 

 collected, and the action of the fore- 

 hand and of the croup must be kept up 

 in the best equilibrium possible, or the 



