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in the sand. I saw that there were differences in the 

 strides of the paces. I rode horses in the gallop and in 

 the run, and observed differences in the sensations of 

 motions, and in the rhythm of foot-falls. All this assured 

 me that Mr. Muybridge had not given representations of 

 the horse in the true gallop. 



I will endeavour to describe the true gallop, and to 

 point out wherein it differs from the run and from that 

 spurious pace, the canter. 



As in the walk the legs are moved in the order of the 

 trot, so in the gallop the legs observe the same general 

 order of the run ; and the differences between the walk 

 and the trot, and between the gallop and the run, are 

 chiefly in the vigour and extent of action, and in the 

 changes of intervals between the movements of the legs ; 

 but the effects are such that the horse does not present 

 the same aspect in the contrasted paces. 



THE GALLOP. 



I wish to call the attention of the reader to Plate III., 

 in which the galloping horse is represented as it appeared 

 in a series of instantaneous photographs taken under my 

 direction, and which are here reproduced by the Auto- 

 type process. 



