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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. VI. 



The gallop, however, is the foundation of 

 the Terre-a-terre, for in these two motions, 

 the principle of the action is the same, since 

 the Terre-a-terre is only a shortened gallop, 

 with the croupe in, and the haunches follow- 

 ing in a close and quick time. 



When a horse works Terre-a-terre, he 

 always ought, the same as in the gallop, to 

 lead with the legs that are within the volte, 

 his two fore feet being in the air, and the 

 moment that they are coming down, his two 

 hind feet following. 



The action of the gallop is always one, two, 

 three, and four : the Terre-a-terre is per- 

 formed upon two lines, and in two times. 



Section II. — Of the Terre-a-terre in particular \ 



To work a horse Terre-a-terre upon large 

 circles, take care to keep your body straight, 

 steady, and true in the saddle, without lean- 

 ing to one side or the other. Lean upon the 



