Excerpt from The Gallop In the walk, a flat and tame pace which bears about the same relation to the trot that the gallop holds to the run, the horse may lead off with any foot, usually with the fore-leg, which is diagonally Opposite to the hind-leg furthest behind the centre of gravity. The leg which is diagonally disposed to the one which initiates the move ment is then advanced, then the other leg of the extremity with which the walk originated is moved up, and then the fourth leg is put forward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.