THE TKOTTING HOKSK 



I'dsition Selected as Typical of the American Trotter, all four 



feet r.aised from tlie liround 



THREE MODELS OF THE HOKSE IN ACTION 



Those models, executed l^y Envin S. Christman, one of the Museum's 

 staff of artists, are designed to ilkistrate the action of the horse in the 

 various jihases of the walk, the jfallo]!, and the trot, the latter still 

 awaiting completion. The models are all to the same scale, of one 

 sixth natural size, so that a contrast is afforded both of the differences of 

 size and wciiiht and the differences of proportion. 



1. THE RACE HORSE "SYSONBY" 

 This model is designed upon an extremely careful study of the 

 skeletal action and is leased upon absolute measurements of the differ- 

 ent limb segments. It represents one of the extreme phases of the run 

 in which three of the limbs are folded and the fourth, in this case the 

 right fore leg, has just left the ground. The artist was assisted by an 

 instantaneous photograi)h of "Sysonby" and the former owner of this 

 great racer, the late Mr. James R. Keene, i)ronounced the model an 



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