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Gallopers
Overhead Gallopers developed from the steam driven Dobby horse ride, with the addition of an overhead crank to give an up and down motion to the horses. In Britain the rides were made by three principal builders, Savage of King's Lynn, Walkers of Tewkesbury, and Tidmans of Norwich. They were built in several sizes with the horses being either three or four abreast on the platforms.
There was also a type of ride known as Platform Gallopers, in which the galloping motion was provided by mechanism under the platform. The movement of the mounts on these rides had a more pronounced backward and forward motion.
A further development was known as Switchback Gallopers, which was a switchback bottom fitted with what were very similar platforms to the flat platform gallopers, so as well as the rocking motion of each mount they also traversed the two hills on the ride.
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