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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. I 



off hind foot, passing, comes to the ground 

 more forward, and marks a fourth beat. 

 Thus the action of the Gallop is by means of 

 the two fore legs leading close after each 

 other; and the hind legs immediately follow- 

 ing in like order. 



Here, when the gallop is united and true, 

 the feet mark a regular, sharp, and quick 

 time, of one, two, three, four. 



IV. The Amble may perhaps be considered 

 as a natural pace of the horse ; because most 

 foals following their dams amble more or less 

 to keep up with them. The difference be- 

 tween the walk and the amble is, that two 

 legs of a side are raised in the latter at one 

 and the same instant, and so on vice versa. 



