THE PACES OF THE HORSE. 



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The notation, Fig. 12, enables us to follow (in A) the succession of 

 impacts ; and shows (in B) the succession of the limbs which cause 

 these pressures on the ground. The reactions of this pace, produced 

 at the withers, are seen in Fig. 11 (JZ). There is an undulatory eleva- 

 tion, which lasts all the time that the animal touches the ground ; in 



Fig. 12. Gallop in Three-time. ^4, indication of three time ; B, judication of the number of 

 feet which form the support of the body at each instant of the gallop in three-time. 



this elevation are recognized the effects of the three impacts, which 

 give it a triple undulation. The minimum elevation of the curve cor- 

 responds, as in the trot, with the moment when the feet do not touch 

 the ground. Therefore, it is not a projection of the body into the air, 



Pig. 13. House galloping in the First Time (Kight Foot advancing), the Hind Left Foot 

 only on the Ground. The white dot, in the notation, corresponds with the instant at 

 which the horse is represented. 



which constitutes the time of suspension of the gallop. By comparing 

 the reactions of this pace with those of the trot (Fig. 5), we see that 

 in the gallop the rise and fall of the body are effected in a less sudden 



