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feet in the woUi and in the golloip will not have es- 

 caped the observation of the reader. * * * 

 It is also a frequently repeated remark, and one 

 confirmed by experience, that the goodness or 

 faultiness of the walk and gallop are nearly re- 

 lated to each other." 



§ 157. We should explaia von Oeynhausen's 

 description of the canter, in accord with our theory 

 of tractions, in the following manner : 



We will suppose the canter to be " to the right," 

 which may be best illustrated by assuming that 

 the horse is moving around a circle of which the 

 centre is to his right. The left legs are then the 

 outer legs, the right legs the inner ones, and if the 

 horse be cantering properly he " leads " with his 

 right (inner) fore-leg. 



In the "succession" of the walk — right hind, 

 right fore ; left hind, left fore. It will be no- 

 ticed that the two legs of the right side succes- 

 sively pass the two of the left side, then those of 

 the left the two of the right, and so on. This von 

 Oeynhausen makes the Jpasis of his description of 

 the canter, and we shall use it for the same pur- 

 pose. 



One may imagine a gait in which the movements 

 of the walk are performed with a double action. 



