. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. THE HORSE AT REST AND IN MOTION. his legs iiiust move faster than his body, the fore legs maij change their position from the curled up one described above to the extended one represented by all painters as proper to the gallop. Observation alone can, therefore, settle this question. As to the Leg that Leads.—As in the canter, so in the gallop, a lead is alwaj's made of one leg before the other, and as one tires the other changes places with it. A good, true, and strong galloper will
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. THE HORSE AT REST AND IN MOTION. his legs iiiust move faster than his body, the fore legs maij change their position from the curled up one described above to the extended one represented by all painters as proper to the gallop. Observation alone can, therefore, settle this question. As to the Leg that Leads.—As in the canter, so in the gallop, a lead is alwaj's made of one leg before the other, and as one tires the other changes places with it. A good, true, and strong galloper will seldom require this relief; but a weak one, especially if not com- pletely broken, will effect the change continually. Sometimes this causes the loss of a race, for it cannot be done without interfering with the action, and consequently with the pace. A good horseman prefers that his horse should not confine himself to one lead, but he does not like him to change after he has once started, for the. CORRECT VIEW OF THE GALLOP. above reason. The right leg in front is more easy even to the male rider than the left, but not materially so, and, except for female equestrianism, no horse should be taught to lead invariably with the right leg either in the gallop or canter. In the change the truth or harmony of action is often disturbed, and the horse jerks himself and his rider in a disagreeable manner, which is another reason why the change of legs should not be encouraged. Length of the Stride.—There is a great variation in the length of the stride, and in the rounding or bending upwards of the foot under the knee. Sometimes even in a fast gallop the distance between the prints of the same feet will be no more than sixteen feet, while in others it will measure twenty-four, twenty-five, or even twenty-six feet. The first is too short for any race horse; but a moderately. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced fo
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