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without side motion of the body or legs, the trot should be fast 

 and without offensive flashiness, the canter should be slow with 

 no increasing speed, the flat-footed walk should be springy and 

 reasonably fast, while the running walk, or fox trot, should be 

 easy and comfortable and equal to about five miles an hour." 



Gaits. In a wild state the natural gaits of the horse were 

 four in number the walk, trot, pace, and gallop or run. Under 

 domestication these gaits have been variously modified and addi- 

 tions made for saddle purposes. These additions and modifica- 

 tions are largely the result of the selection for breeding purposes 



Fig. 135. Five-Gaited Saddle Horse. 



The noted prize- winning stallion, Kentucky's Choice. Owned by Mrs. 

 R. Tasker Lowndes, Danville, Ky. 



of those animals most readily acquiring the desired gaits when 

 trained to them. The gaits desired in the five-gaited type of 

 saddle horse are as follows: 



Walk. The flat-footed walk should be springy, regular, 

 and reasonably fast. 



Trot. This is a diagonal gait, the off fore foot and near 

 hind foot striking the ground together, the body being then 

 propelled forward from this support and sustained by the near 



