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been committed to the old order, and it usually 

 takes place when the hand acts before the heel, or 

 where the horse is taught to change by being 

 turned from circles on one hand to circles on the 

 other. 



In figure ' B ' the horse has been in the school- 

 gallop right, the right fore-leg has just left the 

 ground, the right hind-leg was then planted, then 

 the left hind-leg. The fore-legs have not yet 

 changed the order, but the right fore-leg is about to 

 pass the left fore-leg to be planted, then the left 

 fore-leg will be advanced and brought to the 

 ground, and the horse will have made the change 

 in one stride. 



In these two pictures the horse is shown very 

 closely united in the school-gallop of four beats ; 

 but in all the forms of the gallop the horse will 

 make the changes of lead in exactly the same 

 manner ; at higher rates of speed, and with more 

 vigorous action, or where the nature of the pace 

 demands it, the changes of the extremities will 

 follow one another more quickly. For instance, in 

 the 3 tempo gallop (if the cadence is observed), the 

 fore-legs must be changed before the second hind- 

 leg has been planted, and sometimes, as in the 

 canter, the fore-legs will be changed while the horse 

 is in air ; but the hind-legs are always changed 



