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These objections existing for any ordinary 

 movement, either in the double trot or double 

 pace, a combination of the two is adopted as the 

 usual method of locomotion with double action. 



The succession of the feet in the canter, accord- 

 ing to Yon Oe^Tihausen, is in leavinc/ the ground. 

 (1.) a' hind-foot ; (2.) the collateral fore and op- 

 posite hind-foot, so closely in succession as to be 

 almost synchronous ; (3.) the diagonal fore-foot. 

 In coming to the ground the order is the same, ex- 

 cepting that when the iveight is ivell on the hauncheSy 

 the hind foot of No. 2 anticipates its diagonal fore- 

 foot, and in this latter case there will he four 

 " beats," since each foot comes separately doTvn, 

 whereas in the former only three can be separated 

 by the ear. 



It is evident, we think, that von Oeynhausen 

 considers that iu No. 2 the collateral fore-foot an- 

 ticipates the opposite hind-foot in leaving the 

 ground, and that (adopting our usual illustra- 

 tion), we have — (1.) The left hind-foot ; (2.) the 

 left fore-foot ; (3.) the right hind-foot ; (4.) the 

 right fore-foot. This would give 1;he same relative 

 " succession " as in the walk, the Kkeness of 

 which to the canter he thus particularly points 

 out : " The similarity between the succession of the 



