THE GALLOP 



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and is thrust forward to its fullest extent. The right 

 fore foot now strikes the ground, the two fore legs 

 form a right angle, and the hind feet are found thrust 

 backward, the right to its fullest extent. The left 

 fore leg having completed its functions of support, is 

 now lifted, and the weight transferred to the right fore 





SOME CONSECUTIVE PHASES OP THE GALLOP. 



foot alone, which is soon found behind the centre of 

 gravity; the left hind foot passes to the front of the 

 right fore leg, which, exercising its final act of pro- 

 pulsion, thrusts the horse through the air; the left 

 hind foot descends; the stride is completed, and the 

 consecutive phases are renewed. From this analysis 

 we learn that if the spring is made from the right fore 



