30 ZOOPRAXOORAPEY 



When, therefore, during a walk, a horse is sup- 

 ported on two legs, with two feet suspended between 

 them, each pair are laterals. On the other hand, when 

 the suspended feet are respectively in advance of, and 

 behind the supporting legs, each pair are diagonals. 



These invariable rules have been unknown or 

 ignored by many distinguished artists of modern 

 times. 



THE AMBLE. 



The amble is a method of progressive motion with 

 the same sequence of foot fallings as the walk, but in 

 which a hind foot or a fore foot is lifted from the 

 ground in advance of its fellow hind foot or its fellow 

 fore foot being placed thereon. The support of the 

 body therefore devolves alternately upon a single foot 

 and upon two feet; the single foot being alternately a 

 hind foot and a fore foot, and the two feet being alter- 

 nately laterals and diagonals. At no time is the body 

 entirely unsupported. 



The following series of illustrations will clearly 

 demonstrate the consecutive foot fallings and some 

 characteristic phases of an ambling stride: 



