Elements of hippology (1908) Elements of hippology .. elementsofhippo00mars Year: 1908 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 207 In the trot each diagonal pair of legs should sustain the weight of the body for the same length of time. In the gallop the horse should lead with equal freedom with each fore foot; his feet should be well bunched during the leap, and well extended in receiving the weight of the body and in throwing it forward. The canter differs from the gallop very little; it is the slow gallop. The leap is shorter, the leading foot Figure 102.—-'Iowa.' Pure-bred trotting-horse in action. Co
Elements of hippology (1908) Elements of hippology .. elementsofhippo00mars Year: 1908 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 207 In the trot each diagonal pair of legs should sustain the weight of the body for the same length of time. In the gallop the horse should lead with equal freedom with each fore foot; his feet should be well bunched during the leap, and well extended in receiving the weight of the body and in throwing it forward. The canter differs from the gallop very little; it is the slow gallop. The leap is shorter, the leading foot Figure 102.—-'Iowa.' Pure-bred trotting-horse in action. Courtesy of J. Campbell Thompson, Esq is not advanced so far. The body is in suspension for a shorter time. The merging of the canter into the gallop is impercep- tible. When a horse changes from the walk to the trot and from the trot to the canter, the rider is conscious of the instant the change is made, but as the gait increases to the gallop and the racing gallop, or run, he is conscious merely of an increased speed, not of a change in the arrangement of footfalls.
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