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that the animal touches the ground; in this elevation are 

 recognised the effects of the three impacts, which give it a 

 triple undulation. The minimum elevation of the curve cor- 

 responds, as in the trot, with the moment when the feet do 

 not touch the ground. Therefore, it is not a projection of the 

 body into the air which constitutes the time of suspension in 

 the gallop. Lastly, by comparing the re - actions of the gallop 

 with those of the trot (fig. 45), we see that in the gallop the 

 rise and fall of the body are effected in a less sudden manner. 

 These re-actions are, therefore, less jarring to the rider, 

 though they may, in fact, present a greater amplitude. 



Piste of the gallop in three-time, — According to Curnieu, this 

 piste is the following : — 



Id 







D . 



D ^ . 



O 







0 _ D ^ 





D 







D 



Fig. 57. — Piste of the short gallop in three-time. The hinder feet, whose 

 prints have the form of an U, reach the ground in front of the prints of 

 the fore feet. The latter have been represented by a form somewhat like 

 an O. 



The piste of the gallop varies according to the speed. In 

 the sho7^t gallop of the riding school, the hind-feet leave their 

 prints behind those of the fore-feet ; in the rapid gallop, on 

 the contrary, they come in front of the prints of the fore-feet. 

 A horse which, in the pace of the riding school, gallops 

 almost entirely within his own length, will, when started at 

 full gallop, cover an enormous space. According to Curnieu, 

 the famous Eclipse covered 22 English feet. The following 

 is the piste which this very rapid pace leaves on the ground : — 





D 





:d ' 





D 







D ^ 







D 











P 



D 



Fig. 58. — Piste of Eclipse's gallop, from Curnieu. The prints of the hind- 

 feet are very far before those of the fore-feet. 



Representation of a horse galloping. — For this representation 

 we will give three attitudes, differing much from each other. 



