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unnecessary to enter into a separate description. 

 In the gallop, tlie horse leads with one fore leg 

 somewhat advanced beyond the other, but not 

 so much so as in the canter {Jig. 1) and when 

 he is going at his utmost speed, the legs arc 

 nearly equal {fig. '2). The fleetest gallopers 

 carry their bodies perfectly horizontal, or, in 

 other words, bear the least resemblance in their 

 motion to that of a roekino-horse. 



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For, in die action of progression, It will be 

 found that all bodies will be retarded in their 

 progress in proportion as they depart from a 

 right line, either horizontally or perpendicular- 

 ly. None but horses of great powers are able 

 to gallop in this form, for to supply the want of 

 undulation in the body, they must bend their 

 limbs in a greater degree, and hence the neces- 

 sity of their standing perfectly on the center of 

 gravity. As the action of the gallop Is more 

 extended than the canter, it is necessary that 

 the horse should have his head more at liberty. 



