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The method of galloping described applies to the 

 horse and its allies, and to most of the cloven and soft- 

 footed animals. 



In the gallop of the dog the sequence of foot fall- 

 ing and the action of the body is materially different, 

 and the animal is free from support twice in each 

 stride. 



Assumino^ that a racinof hound after a fiioht throuo^h 

 the air with elongated body and extended legs (like the 



THE GALLOP OF THE DOG. 



conventional galloping horse), lands upon the left fore 

 foot, the right fore will next touch the ground; from 

 this he will again spring into the air, and with curved 

 body and flexed legs land upon the right hind foot, 

 while the right fore feet will be half the length of the 

 body to the rear. The left hind now descends, another 

 flight is effected, and again the left fore repeats its 

 functions of support and propulsion. 



These successive foot fallings are common to all 

 dogs when galloping, and it is worthy of note that the 

 same rotary action in the use of the limbs is adopted in 

 the gallop of the elk, the deer and the antelope, all of 



