MANNER IN WHICH A HORSE TAKES OFF. 



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side as the leading fore), followed by the other hind (Figs. 

 230 and 231), and, by straightening them out (Fig. 234), 

 projects the body upward and forward (Fig. 235). There 

 is, practically, no period of suspension (Figs. 230 and 231) 



Fig. 227. 



Fig. 228. 

 Phases of the Leap [continued). 



Photographs byl [M. H. H. 



between the removal from the ground of the fore leg 

 that supported the weight, and the putting down of the 

 hind leg which first comes on the ground. 



In Figs. 243, 244 and 245, we see how a horse ''takes 

 off," by straightening the joints of his hind legs. 



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