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are not superimposed, and the hind foot does not reach 

 the impression of the fore foot.* 



Representations of the Attitudes assumed by a Horse 

 in its Different Paces as shown by Chronography and the 

 Footprints. — It ought to be possible, by combining 

 the two ideas of time and space which we already 



Fig. 129.— Representation of a walking horse, designed from a chronographic chart 

 and from the footprints. 



know, to represent with accuracy the attitude of a horse 

 at any given moment during one of its paces. Vincent 

 and Groiffon were also of this opinion ; their remarkable 

 book on the subject was designed as much for artists 



* These tables are taken from a treatise on the subject by Vincent 

 and Goiffon; those of galloping are borrowed from Curnieu, the latter 

 are reduced to a smaller scale, so that one line may contain three 

 complete steps of a gallop. To make the sequence in beat intel- 

 lig ble, the impressions of the feet which strike the ground simul- 

 taneously are united by a diagonal and dotted line. 



