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EQUINE LOCOMOTION. 



(why, I cannot tell) in England. The slow amble (the 

 " tripple ") is the favourite pace among the Dutch farmers 

 of South Africa. Baron de Curnieu (Lecons d'Hygime 

 Hippique GcHi^rale) tells us that Napoleon I. was ac- 

 customed to ride amblers during his campaigns, when he 

 had to go long distances in a short time. If a horse takes 

 readily to the amble, his rider will find it a comfortable 

 method of travelling. The remarks I have made on 

 page 102, et seq., with reference to the merits of trotting, 

 apply equally well to ambling, with the exception that 



Fig. 91.— Suspension. Fig. 92.— Suspension. 



Phases of a Moderately Fast Trot (continued). 



Photographs hy'] [Ottojiah ANSCHtJTZ, BERLIN. 



the equilibrium of the animal's body is not maintained 

 as easily in it as in the trot, which, consequently, is the 

 less fatiguing pace to the horse. The amble is the natural 

 pace of the camel. ^ 



The amble is a slightly faster pace than the trot ; the 

 apparent cause being that in the former, the imprints of 

 the fore and hind foot of each side are, more or less, in 

 a line parallel to or coincident with the line of progression ; 

 and consequently there is less lateral deviation than in the 

 latter. 



For further remarks on this subject, see page 590. 



The Walk. — This is a movement of four time, 



