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Left Fore -foot ; he then is falfe, juft as he would be, if in 

 going to the Left, he fliould lead with his Right Fore- 

 foot. 



The Motions of a Horfe, when difunited, are fo diforder'd 

 and perplex'd, that he runs a rifque of falling, becaufe his 

 Adlion then is the Aftion of the Trot, and quite oppofite 

 to the Nature of the Gallop. It is true, that for the Rider's 

 Sake he had better be falfe. 



If a Horfe in full Gallop changes his Legs fi'om one fide 

 to the other alternately, this Adion of the Amble in the 

 Midft of his Courfe, is fo different from the Adion of the 

 Gallop, that it occafions the Horfe to go from the Trot to 

 the Amble, and from the An^ble to the Trot. 



When a Horfe gallops ftrait forward, however fliort and 

 eonfin'd his Gallop is, his Hind-feet always go beyond his 

 Fore feet, even the Foot that leads, as well as the other. — 

 To explain this. — If the inner Fore-foot leads, the inner 

 Hind-foot ought to follow, fo that the inner Feet, both that 

 which leads, and that which follows, are preft, the other two at 

 liberty. — The Horfe fets off", the outward Fore-foot is on the 

 Ground, and at liberty, this makes one Twie ; immediately, 

 the inner Fore-foot which leads and is preft, marks a fecond, 

 here are two 'Times \ then the outward Hind-foot which 

 was on the Ground, and at liberty, marks the third Time \ 

 laftly, the inner Hind-foot which leads and is preft, comes to 

 the Ground, and marks the fourth \ fo that when a Horfe goes; 



ftrait. 



