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or be heavy, the Gallop would only make him abandon 

 himfelf upon the Hand, and fling him entirely upon his 

 Shoulders. 



To put a Horfe in the Beginning of his LefTons from the 

 Walk to the Gallop, and to work him in it upon Circles, is 

 demanding of him too great a degree of Obedience. In 

 the firft place, it is very fure that the Horfe can unite him- 

 felf with greater Eafe in going ftrait forward, than in turn- 

 ing ; and, in the next place, the Walk being a flow and 

 diftind: Pace, and the Gallop being quick and violent, it is 

 much better to begin with the Trot, which is a quick 

 Adion, than with the Walk, which is flow and calm, how- 

 ever raifed and fupported its A6lion may be. — Two things 

 are requifite to form the Gallop, viz. it ought to be juj}^ 

 and it ought to be even or equal. — I call that Gallop jufl, 

 in which the Horfe leads with the Right-leg before, and I 

 call that the Right-leg which is foremoft, and which the 

 Horfe puts out beyond the other. For Inftance — A Horfe 

 gallops and fupports himfelf in his Gallop, upon the out- 

 ward Fore-foot, the Right Fore-foot clears the Way, the 

 Horfe confequently gallops with the Right-foot, and the 

 Gallop is juft, becaufe he puts forward and leads with his 

 Right- foot. 



This Motion of the Right-foot is indifpenfably neceflary, 

 for if the Horfe were to put his Left Fore-foot firft, his 

 Gallop would be falje ; fo that it is to be underftood, 

 that whenever you put a Horfe to the Gallop, he fliould 

 aKvays go ofl" with his Right Fore-foot, and keep it forc- 



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