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manner. These reactions are, therefore, less jarring to the rider, though they may, in fact, present a greater amplitude.

The attitude of the horse at the moment of the first beat of the gallop in three-time is given in Fig. 13. The left hind-foot, on which the horse has just descended, alone rests on the ground.

Fig. 14.—Horse galloping in the Second Time (Right Foot forward).

Fig. 15.—Horse galloping in the Third Time (Right Foot forward).

Fig. 14 is the position of the horse at the time of the second beat, or at the moment when the left diagonal biped has finished its impact;