142 PRINCIPLES OF P. V, 



an animated action in the Gallop, at the rate 

 even of but three miles an hour, than at that 

 of twelve or fifteen miles an hour. The at- 

 tention of the pupil should therefore be, to 

 keep up the animation and action of the 

 Gallop, without going fast. If the animation 

 fail, or the action be not supported by the 

 hand, the horse will break into the trot, 

 particularly as the Gallop is shortened or 

 united. 



The perfection of the Gallop consists in the 

 suppleness of the limbs, the union of the 

 horse, the justness of the action, and the 

 regularity of the time. 



The Gallop when disunited and when ex- 

 tended to speed, even though the horse is 

 supple and just on his legs, loses its harmony 

 and regularity of time. In these cases, the 

 fore legs measure less space from each other, 

 and so do the hind legs, which makes the 

 beats quicker in each, and leaves a space 

 between the beats of the fore legs, and the 



