THE CHANGES IN THE GALLOP. 69 



horse is then in some form of the gallop, and the 

 other legs will be planted in their order. 



In the various gallops there are but three different 

 modes of bringing the feet to the ground. In the 

 closely united pace known as the school-gallop, and 

 in the extended gallops, the horse goes into air 

 from the leading fore-leg, it then brings the opposite 

 hind-leg to the ground, then the other hind-leg 

 which is followed by the fore-leg opposite, and then 

 the leading fore-leg. In the 3 tempo gallop, the 

 second hind-leg and the fore-leg opposite come to 

 the ground at or about the same time, so that the 

 pace has but three beats. In the disunited pace 

 commonly called the ' canter,' the first planted 

 hind-leg comes to the ground, together with, or just 

 before, the fore-leg of the same side, then the other 

 hind-leg is brought to the ground, and then the 

 leading fore-leg. 



In the school-gallop, the 3 tempo gallop, and the 

 canter, there are two positions in every stride, in 

 which three feet are touching the ground ; but in 

 the extended gallops not more than two feet touch 

 the ground at the same time. 



All of these differences in the gallops are, of 

 course, due to the states of union in which the 

 horse is ridden (so far as the order in which the 

 feet reach the ground is concerned), and to the 



